So, it was time to feed my BP (it had been a week since last feeding) and I put a live small feeder mouse in his tank. He was in his hide and basically wanted nothing to do with the mouse. I lifted his hide off of him and hoped that being able to see the prey would make him want to eat. Well, he ignored it and mouse ended up biting the snake (at least I think he bit him). The snake twisted and hissed a bunch which led me to assume he bit him or at least severely annoyed him.

I took the mouse out and that was that. Well, I started noticing how the snake hasn't been as "active" or "outgoing" as he usually is. Over the first two weeks I had had him, he was all over his tank, always climbing on the plants in his tank and generally being active. Over the last week I hadn't seen him out of his hides at all during the day OR the night. Then the feeding incident happened.

I started wondering if the reason he was so active was because he had been so hungry and once he fed the first time he was wanting to hide and him being hidden is his normal self.

Well I came home yesterday and found that he had shed. I took the shed out and cleaned up some snake poo. Today I looked at his tank and he took a big dump. Not only that, but he is a lot more active and seems to be his usual self again.

So I have some questions:

- Are snakes usually more reserved right before a shed?

- Do snakes not like to eat if they're about to shed?

- I'm correct in thinking I should be feeding a young BP (less than 6 months old) every 5-7 days?

- There is a tiny bit of shed still stuck around his tail, and a tiny bit on top of his head (eyes look like they lost the shed though - no eyecaps from what I can tell) - should I worry or is it safe to assume he'll rub them off or they'll come off with the next shed?


Thanks.