BP not eating, questions about feeding methods

[coldbloodaddict]

try a freshly killed rat, if u dont know not know how to do this, shake the rat in a container, it may help:p hopeshe gets to become a good feeder

Really?!?! Please do not give advice to shake a rat to death...That is cruel and completely unnecessary!!!!

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Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I recently took in a 2011 female Butter Ghost BP and was told she was eating f/t small rats, but after two weeks, a good shed and plenty of bowel movements she will not eat. I waited 7 days for her to become accustom to here new home, she had the right temps for heat on her hot side, humidity is good and she is very active at night. I figured she was hungry due to all the activity, but the first time I tried feeding she wanted nothing to do with the f/t rat and I left it in the cage for about 2 hours and then figured she didn't want it. So last night I tried again, thinking that another 7 days and she would be very hungry. I was wrong, doing the zombie dance for about 5 minutes I left the rat in the cage over night. The breeder said she was eating f/t small rats and after thawing the rat out I placed it under a heat lamp for about 35 minutes and made sure the temp was no higher than 96 degrees. I forgot to mention, I rescued this sweet girl from a breeder that could not do anything with her because she has a tongue, but does not use it at all. I am wondering if this hinders her ability to smell prey? I thought she would be able to sense it by heat as well, but i'm starting to get worried about her. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Try live.