Quote Originally Posted by Jeo123 View Post
People who come to forums asking for advice, then generally saying they're going to ignore the advice and actually seek to "prove the site wrong" do not belong on the forum to begin with.

Seriously, why are you even posting here if your only goal is to prove the advice wrong.

If a snake is not eating, leaving it alone with live prey is a bad idea. That's just common sense. Your example is the same as saying you left a baby on the counter next to a hot oven and saying look, it didn't burn itself. You can only pull that trick so many times before something goes wrong. It may not have ended badly this time, but that still doesn't mean it was the best thing to do.

And for what it's worth, generally a BP that's escaping and doesn't stay in it's hide means it's a stressed snake.

Edit: Also, I'm guessing that since you watched it and tried to steal it's food(he struck at me for trying to take it away ) you didn't leave it alone anyway, which was my main point.
its not my goal to prove ya all wrong.. its just what happens everyone on here seems to take un needed precautions. look at it like this guys. the snake is in the wild right.. and oh no theres no humans to make sure his natural prey doesnt eat him? lol i have left live food in his cage for a year now sometimes 2 to 3 live mice.. he eats them all 1 by 1 with no damage to him. and when i give him his small rat i ensure he gets a hold of it proper and i hold its back legs to stop it from ripping his scales of. and it just seems the advice you all give are a text book omg i just got a new baby and i MUST BABY IT FOR EVER hes a 3 n a half foot snake pretty much pure muscle made to do what i let it do.. my qwestion was simply do you guys think he will be ok after that long of a cold snap.. it was answered simple yes. but to make him wait a few days to see if hes ready to eat? why not just drop a mouse in the cage and see if he takes interest? anyways bigger thinks going on since now he makes a wheezing sound.. its not bad and there is no excess spit on his mouth so.. its a multi of things that can be wrong lol he may has ingested fiber glass and if that happened well... anyways and about the baby thing.. is a stove a natural prey item to it? or a natural habitat? nah i didnt think so lol so when ya got a better.. comparasent ill actual take a note