My BP wont eat?

[Mikekrause2000]

Hi. On the 28th i fed my BP Mitch a 50gram pregnant mouse. Its been over a week and i keep trying to feed him but he doesn't seem interested. Is this normal? I also just changed his substrate to paper towel recently. I always find Mitch doing weird things like putting his head near the top of the tank, or tangling himself up in the wires for my rheostat probe. Any advice?

[BbyBoa]

Your good bro, your still a long way off from panic mode, there could be a lot of things that caused this with a BP most likely its either last weeks meal was bigger then normal and hes just not interested yet. Hes getting ready for a shed or it could be that since you changed up his environment, he might just need some time to get used to it and hes pitching a little fit, but if thats the cause he should come around soon. Just keep his temps and humid. right. Also I wouldn't keep throwing the mouse at him .. take it away for a couple days, let everything calm down then try again. Thats what i would do at least

[steveboos]

I would pinpoint it to a stress related situation or a husbandry issue. Changing anything in the environment can be stressful for a snake that lives in it for months and years at a time.

1 week is nothing to worry about, try in another 4 or 5 days and see if hes interested then.

[bsavage]

Yeah, definatley just wait it out. Keep an eye on his weight if it goes for more than a couple weeks. If it begins to drop, than its time to panic. It's really nothing out of the ordinary and he's probably just a little stressed from the enclosure changes, or like stated above, still full from the prego mouse you fed him.

[Mikekrause2000]

Okay cool. Thanks guys. Ill wait a few days then try again.