oh no not another "my bp isnt eating thread?!?"

[RichsBallPythons]

Rich do you know where novi commerce walled lake area is??? Just wondering that's my hometon area. The armys got me in nc right now but I've seen some of your bp and their awesome looking.

Is that Novi, Commerce, Walled Lake as in 3 separate places or is it one place.

Ive heard of them all as their all over 90 mins+ from me

[keith88]

Yes there three seperate places lol sorry

[Annarose15]

To the OP - Let him shed, then feed him in his enclosure. Moving him to a feeding bin can encourage refusal through stress, and is completely unnecessary.

[nikitajane25]

Oh, ok. How about this? Was his eyes clear when u bought him? Or, where they more foggy but now kinda clear?
Whoa, an hour or 2 before he even start's to swallow? And, I thought that 40min's was a long time for my female annie (then again it was her first feed with me). Now, she takes it down (haha) in no time. (sick people shame shame, lol) You know what I'm trying to say?

No, an hour or 2 before he even strkes lol. And no he wasn't foggy or anything when wegot him. I know there's different stages of shed. He got the pink belly a fewdays ago and now his scales look a blueish faded tint

[Gbusiness]

No, an hour or 2 before he even strkes lol. And no he wasn't foggy or anything when wegot him. I know there's different stages of shed. He got the pink belly a fewdays ago and now his scales look a blueish faded tint

Ok, so you have a few more day's till he completes his process. Like before, I would just let him be. Once, he is fresh and brand new I would then offer the mouse.
So, since he takes so long to even strike? Do you sit there with him or do you walk away and check up on him?
For, me I wouldn't just sit there and stare at any of my snakes for 2 hour's boring lol. And, I definately wouldn't leave a live mouse in with my snake for more then 15 min's. I would just try again in a few day's.

[RobNJ]

And, I definately wouldn't leave a live mouse in with my snake for more then 15 min's.

That's generally a good rule to follow, but a 60+ gram bp isn't going to be eating anything larger than a big fuzzy/small hopper, which won't do them harm.

[keith88]

yeah we have a hard time finding rat fuzzies in this area so right now he is on hoppers. This town isn't exactlly huge on the love for herps and the two mom and pop reptile stores are some of the nastiest I've seen. The one guy has tanks that literaly have moldy excrement and when we looked in their store the other day my wife asked where he got his one nice rack system that was holding a retic and two boas. He replied that he'd forgotten about having the rack system... How do you lose track of three snakes!!!???

[nikitajane25]

I do sit there nad stare at him lol. A lot of it has to do with fear of him or the mouse escaping, and just in case the mouse tries to hurt him. But he's on mouse hoppers not rat hoppers. So they aren't too big at all.