Quote Originally Posted by CALM Pythons View Post
Idk how much it stresses them but i know if they dont want to eat they dont want the mouse in there. My 6 month old takes a while to eat. When she first came to me she was really hungry. She ate twice a week small prey.. Then after 2 months she was caught up to a healthy weight and now doesn't run out of the hide so fast to grab it.. She parks her head in the doorway and the rat can go by four or five times within 15 minutes until she finally decides to grab it. I sit there the whole time to step in if I needed to. Its not good if the prey goes into the hide with the snake. For 1 if the prey lasts long enough to go into the hide with the snake then the snake doesn't want it and for 2 they can nibble on the snake.


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well,
feeding didn't go well..
So I went to the store and got rat pup since they said he fed on rat pup live. I compared the size and it was about the same size as my snake's thickest body. eyes still closed and didn't walk well.
Anyways, I just put the rat in the tub and I was watching. Snake seemed interested and was flicking tongue and was moving towards the rat. And that was it. He went above the rat and rat was just sitting there. He kept moving around and kept checking the rat but did not eat at the end. Like you mentioned, rat went into hide with the snake so I took the rat out. I thought he would eat since he seemed interested but rather, he was freaking out when rat body touched his face. Nothing wrong with husbandry, but I did take him out once few days ago because I thought something was wrong with his mouth. Could that be a reason? Also, the shop fed him in the separate tub, could this be a reason too?
Well, he seems healthy but it was kind of disappointment when he did not eat it lol.