Hi I recently bought 2 new BPs from a local breeder. One was 9 weeks the other was 6 weeks. I have had them 2 weeks now, and the younger one hasn’t eaten for me. I am not new to BPs and really not new to picky ones. However with her being so young I don’t want her to go without eating too long. I verified with the breeder before I got her that she was eating well and had taken rats. He assured me she had taken 2 mice and 2 rat fuzzies so far. I gave her a full week in her new enclosure before I tried to feed her the first time. Then waited another full week before trying to feed her this 2nd time. She has been wandering around the last few days like she is hunting so I know she is hungry.

Here is the weird part for me, I am using fresh killed, she acted nervous so I set it down for her and walked away. She seems VERY interested in the rat, but not like she wants to eat it. She is smelling it and circling it. At one point she even laid next to it. She just seems a bit confused on what to do with it. At this point do I cave and try feeding her a mouse? Or hold out so she will eat a rat?