Do any morphs tend to be pickier eaters than others???

[Salamander Rising]

I think it's FAR too early to even consider assist feeding...of course I haven't seen the snake, but 36 days is more of a break than a hunger strike, IMO. My het pied male went off feed last year at 375 grams and didn't eat for 4+ months(not even nearly the longest I've gone through) and he was fine.



What do you suspect is the reason? That he won't eat mice?? Did you ask before you bought?

There are tons of threads on here about this contemptible snake.....LOL

The seller jumped up and offered to 'make me a great deal' before I even really got interested in it [yes, now I know to run away from sellers like that] and told me, before I paid, that the snake ate F/T because I asked if it did.
So, I bought him.
Later we went back to the seller to ask more questions and the story changed;
"he was in the process of switching all his snakes to F/T and the snake may have eaten F/T once but it was weeks ago and he couldn't remember".

Later on his Facebook page, he admitted that ALL his snakes eat live and have always done so.
[yes, I was a noob and got nailed for my ignorance...lesson learned]

Back in November, we tried to 'wait him out' to get him to eat F/T and the snake plainly showed that he would cheerfully starve to death first, so, back to live we went.
Then, he didn't want live, either.
Then he did but a feisty mouse scratched him and he became mouse-phobic.
Then I fed him a tiny helpless mouse and he ate that and got his confidence back for a month and a half and now he's being 'difficult' again.

Unfortunately for me, I do love the little twerp so I worry.

He is the worst reptile drama queen I've ever met.
That is reason #1 I do not want to further "traumatize his delicate psyche" by having him assist fed.

I know if that is done to him, he's going to be wanting crisis counseling, cognitive therapy and possibly psych meds, later on.

[yes, he really is that 'touchy']

I f I knew then what I know now, I'd have stuck with Boas.

Brom is out laying on his second level deck right now, after being in his hide for days because he thinks it's about time for him to have another rat.
[it's not, despite what he "thinks"]
Same with Dixie....she's poked out of her hide and watching me with those eyes every time I go past her condo.
You can just imagine her thinking "FEED ME!!!!"

There's no cajoling, pampering, 'faking out', worrying or tap dancing with the Boas.

I don't even have time to say "Hey...are you hun...." before the rat is snatched off the tongs so hard they get knocked out of my hand.

I love feeding my Boas.....