Just a question for the BP.net hive mind ...

My wife's banana, Foster, has refused to eat since we brought him home at the start of September. He's about a year old, 340g, and we're housing him in the same tank/setup Manasa had before she outgrew it.

The breeder said he was feeding on adult mice, but we have also tried rat pups (same size, and defrosted with mice for the other snakes), and hopper mice, all on a weekly basis. We have also tried feeding in his tank and in a tub. He almost seems slightly afraid of the mice sometimes, though whenever we have him out he is completely chill and barely head-shy at all. We asked the breeder this past week if Foster had been a problem feeder, but apparently he was eating just fine on F/T and live adult mice. Therefore, we are going to try a live hopper (so it doesn't go to waste if Foster refuses it).


Now that the preamble is out of the way, is there anything I should know or that you would recommend about live-feeding? I know not to leave him alone with the mouse under any circumstances, and we plan to feed him in his tank.

Thanks in advance!