Hello I'm Dean and this is my first post.

on 2/20/16 I purchased at a local herp expo 2 BPs. One is 114g and the other is 149g and both are males. The larger one seems more outgoing and has eaten both 15g f/t mice offered him while the smaller and timid one has refused both offerings. It's my understanding that the one refusing had been eating live mice. Each feeding I have removed them from their enclosure and I think this is part of the problem with the timid one. They are both together in a 12"x10"x30" vivarium but I will have them separated within the week and then I can feed them without removing them from their enclosure. I also will offer live to the problem eater on the next try.

The tank is set up with a uth on one side and a che on the other. Uth is set for 91 and the ambient for 82. Both are controlled with a herpstat 2. There are 2 hides with one being a humid hide. They are spending a lot of time in the humid hide.

A few questions:

1 - when offering a f/t and the snake is in the hide do you uncover them?

2 - same as question 1 but feeding live.

3 - what temp do you warm the f/t to?

4 - I see only the very tip of the tongue on the timid one and this is rarely. Is this ok?

thanks, Dean