Quote Originally Posted by L.West View Post
I've posted before about the problems I've had with my 3yr old female normal bp not eating - for the first two years I had her she ate like clock work but then she went off feed and stayed off for like 7 months.

At the 7 month point I panic'd and let my breeder/friend take her to see if he could get her to eat - he put her in a tub with aspen - she was originally used to an RBI cage with paper. He managed to get her to eat twice with live, once with prekilled.

I then brought her back home - but I first purchased an RBI rack with Aspen to keep her in - thinking that she liked that arrangement better. She's been home now for about 4 weeks and has not eaten for me - she just looks at the f/t rat but won't eat it. I leave the rat in her tub all night and still nothing.

I just don't get it - should I start to offer her live?? I hate to do that but will if that is the only way she will eat. I am afraid to feed live because I fear the rat will hurt her.

What would you guys do??

Just as an FYI - I have two other snakes in this same rack and they are eating just fine. Temps are 88/90 on the hot side, 80/82 cool side, humidity runs about 65%.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.
If you feel that feeding live will get her to eat, just give her an appropriatly sized rat and be sure you monitor the feeding closely. Have a pair of tongs handy in case the rat tries to bite. I feed all of my snakes live, and to tell you the truth, when my snakes are hungry, they waste little time taking out the rats. I'm not saying it cannot or will not happen, but I have not had one incident to date.