I bought a female charcoal and a male blizzard almost 3 weeks ago. I ordered them from bhb and when i got them home from the fedex location, i set them up in individual 10/5 gallon tanks. The exact same setup in each tank. That night one of my mice gave birth so i went ahead and gave them a live meal. The blizzard ate it right off the bat. The charcoal needed a deli cup but she ate it too.
Now here is where I messed up. I don't remember exact dates but it was probably the very next day i got them out and held them for less than 5 minutes each. Just to look at them. anyway, a few days later I tried to feed them again. The blizzard wouldn't eat. So i put him in a deli cup over night with a f/t pinkie. Still didn't eat. A day later, I found a regurgitated pinky. I actually don't know how long it was there. But that's when I found it. And now he will not eat to save his life.
i haven't been waiting as long as I should between tries, but it hasn't been too bad. I've tried,
Zombie dance
F/t pinkie in deli cup
F/t pinkie in cage
Live in deli cup
Live in cage
Brained pinky
Boiling hot pinky
Pinky dipped in tuna juice
And a pinky head in deli cup
I also blacked out his tank, but he is now in a new one.
My last attempt was 3 days ago. Right now he is in his tank with a live pinky. He has plenty of places to hide, water, heat, and everything the charcoal had, and she is doing great. He hasn't lost weight yet. Still 7 grams. She is 11-12 grams. Also, sometime in that time period I popped him for the first time. I had never popped a snake before but I don't think I hurt him. He's not bruised and nothing looks bad internally(he's pink, so you can see in him kind of)
Any ideas?
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