Hi everyone,

I'm little concerned as the vet has told me that my BP is a little underweight when I bought him (nothing the vet is too worried about, but wants to monitor). I don't know if I'm overthinking it, but to me it feels like I'm doing something wrong?

The problem I'm having is that I haven't yet been able to find a way where he feeds consistently. Tease feeding worked, then it didn't, leaving the mouse alone in the Viv worked, and then it didn't. I've tried many different ways. The only thing I've managed to work out is he isn't that interested when I dangle the rat or try to "animate" it, in fact it seems to put him off.

He's only eatten twice in a month which I wouldn't be worried about normally but the vet said he could do with being on larger prey, but to see if his weight balances out before moving onto bigger prey. Is it possible he has gone on "hunger strike" even though he is a little underweight? Is this a "hunger strike" considering he is eatting, but just inconsistently?

The reason I've made this post is because he has just come out of shed which seems to have gone well, but unfortunately he pooed at the same time and for the life of me I couldn't inspect his shed because of it. I just want to basically give myself as much chance as possible of a successful feed tomorrow.

I've heard about scenting the rat with fish/tuna water and wanted to know how this worked. Is it just dipping it in or is there more to it? Is this successful or is it likely to put him off as its a new smell?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks!

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