I felt a sense of tension lifted during my 1st week of owning my new BP when he consumed a medium F/T mouse. After watching hours and hours of youtube videos and bracing myself for a ravage attack on the prey, the 'actual results' were a little different then I anticipated. I went through the whole process (thaw at room temp, heat w/ hair dryer, dance the mouse in front of his hide, etc). Nothing worked so I ended up removing the hide to get to my BP which put him in a submissive 'ball' position. I felt a little defeated so I left the room and debated 'how I was going to discard a dead mouse?'. Throw away in the trash Can? Toss in the field behind the house?? Etc..... I came back downstairs and to my enjoyment, I saw the tail sticking out of his mouth.....WIN!!!!

Fast forward a week later (last night).....2nd attempt at feeding. Went through the whole preparation process and to my amazement he was already out of his hide. Wow..this was one of the 1st times I've seen him since I got him. Was he hungry and/or just now feeling comfortable w/ his new home? In my head, I was rather confident thinking this might be the 'ravaging moment' that I've seen on countless BP eating videos. So I presented the mouse to him..... Nothing. Danced the mouse in front of him...... Nothing. So I propped the mouse up near the water dish and just stood back and watched. He had a curious look on his face as I watched in anticipation. Well 5 minutes later and he slithered past the mouse and back in his hide. Feeling a little defeated again......I heated the mouse and placed him by the entrance of the hide. I left and came back 30-45 minutes later and the mouse was still there. By that time, I was tired and decided to go to bed. I checked this morning and the mouse was GONE . YES!!!!!! So I'm assuming he may be just one of those that likes to eat in private...or maybe I was just a little overly aggressive w/ my preparation technique (i.e. bopping him in the head w/ the mouse to get his attention).

Anyone else have BPs that eat this way? Or is this still a result of a BP that's not totally acclimated yet.