Hi, since beginning October I have a very sweet male bp, who is thought to be about 8-10 months old and weighs 260 gram. Up until January he ate very well and if he d8d refuse his food he always did so with a good reason (shed, temperature not right, etc.)

But since January 9 he hasn't eaten anymore, he simply refuses to. I will thaw the mouse and he already starts getting excited - comes partly out of his hide and goes into his "hunting stance" as I call it. Then I'll give him the mouse and move it slightly in front of him, and he'll usually stare at it for about ten minutes, he will touch it with his little head, lick it, but he won't strike. So then I place the mouse in front of his hide and go to sleep, leaving it there overnight.

And I swear, the little :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: will play with it ALL NIGHT, he will poke it, rest his head on top of it, stare at it for HOURS, but he refuses to eat it.

He hasn't lost weight yet, but I personally think he is a little on the skinny side, so if he does start to lose weight it won't be good!

Now some information about the terrarium he's in:

He's in a 50 gallon terrarium,
The sides and the back are completely covered,
It's filled with stuff so he can cross from the warm to the cold side without being seen,
He has a 100 watt che + a heat mat on his warm side
I have two DIGITAL thermometers
I have a thermostat
I also have a tempgun,
He can't reach the heat mat, it's underneath the terrarium, and in the terrarium I have newspaper covered with 2 cm of bedding.
The humidity is usually around 50%
Last time he shed was 1.5 month ago,
He spends 95% of the time inside his hides, only at night he'll move his head out, his neck in S shape and stare in front of him (he used to do this too when he did eat, and would do it usually the day before feeding day, because he was hungry).
His two hides are identical and not too small, nor too big
I check the temperature with my tempgun regularly, because imo it's more accurate than my thermometers
Cold side during the day= 80
Cold side during the night (it's winter and my room temperature drops very quickly as it's been freezing the past 3 weeks)= 75/78
Hot side: 89
Hot side in his hide: 90
Hot side a little under his substrate: 92

He's in my room so the only person that can "bother" him is me, but I go to school and work, so this shouldn't be an issue.

When I give the food I first thaw it in warm (not hot) water for a while until the mouse isn't frozen. I do this in a plastic bag because I don't want the mouse to get wet.
Then I use a hair dryer to scent the room
This technique worked really well until 2 months back..

Do you guys have any idea of what could be wrong with him? I think he's too young to fast for breeding season.. do you guys think feeding live might work?
I honestly don't like the idea of feeding live - because what am I supposed to do with the mouse if Luciano doesn't eat it???

And most importantly: does this influence his health? How long can he fast till it becomes dangerous? Or is there another reason why he won't eat?

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