Thank you soooo much for posting this!

I just tried feeding my BP earlier in the evening again and he still didn't eat. This is the third time he has refused food since May 18th. He was on a 10 day schedule before that and fed well both times for me.

I am going to try some of the things that you have listed here I did find it interesting that you mentioned the color and sex of the rats. He has started refusing food ever since I bought male white rats. Before that he had eaten 2 times for me (I have only had him since 4/27/09 and he shed a week later) and both times the rats happen to be white with black spots and were females! I had know idea that color and sex may have something to do with it!!!

One question I still have is, since he has been refusing food, how many days should I wait between attempting to feed him again? I don't want to stress him out even more by offering food to often but don't want to wait too long either.