Urgent feeding question

[trousersnakes]

Just put live mouse in juviniles cage. He is cruising around a bit but not going after mouse. It has been 15 minutes. How much longer can I leave it in for?

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[trousersnakes]

It seems like he is slowly stalking but the mouse sees him and scurries away and he just looks around slowly like he can't see anything.

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[rebelrachel13]

Does he usually eat live mice, and is he usually quick to strike? He might be intimidated by the mouse if it is moving around a lot or is larger than usual.

I'm not sure what the general time you should leave a (supervised, of course) mouse with a BP since I don't feed live. Just make sure you watch very closely to make sure there's no biting/scratching going on. I would say no longer than an hour.

Good luck. Hope he eats. If not, don't worry too much, and try again in 5-7 days.

[trousersnakes]

Thanks. I got him a month ago and had trouble with frozen thawed. I figured instead of going more than 3 weeks I would try a live mouse and he actually just struck at it finally and took it. He was supposovly on FT when I get him although I bought him at PETCO like a dummy so who knows. I'm going to try to switch him over I just wanted to make sure he ate once in his new setup.

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[rebelrachel13]

Glad to hear he took it. Good luck with the switch!!