male bp hissing at his food and not eating

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he eats alone never with any of my other snakes, he was eating live rats until winter came along and he quit eating cause he is a big boy so he wanted something else then food . i leave the rat in there for 5-10 mins or so just depends on the rat if he is walking on him or trying to smell him i will take it out in fear of rat biting snake. i feed all of them on saturdays only so he wont get another one til next saturday. also last yr when he came off his non feeding months i had to get him a gerbil to get him eating again then put him back on med rats thanks

5-10 minutes is a good time for live imo as long as your there while your waiting. Also, you got lucky because some times when they eat a gerbil that's all they want to eat. He must be a really big boy if he is eating med rats. You can also try a small rat to intice him to eat. Something smaller might tempt him. He could be holding out for that gerbil now too though