Feeding problems

[jtipton]

Nobody freezes and thaws their rodents in the wild. They are built for live prey. Make sure the rodent is fed so its not hungry. Put it in with as little stress to it as possible, meaning don't dangle it for minutes by the tail. Stick close and have something you could stick between them if you see the rodent can get a bite out.


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I agree. I understand your concerns about feeding live, but unfortunately with some BPs it can't be helped. I have 19 BPs all of which ate F/T as babies. Now of the 19 I have 3 that once they got older will only take live rodents. As far as the amount of time that has passed between her eating I wouldn't be at all concerned unless she is starting to look unhealthy. I have a female that just started eating again after refusing everything that I offered for a whole year. Like your snake she ate every time food was offered until she got to about 900 grams, then nothing. She stayed completely healthy during that time and over that year she only lost approx. 50 grams. Switching to live may lead to her only accepting live from now on, it happened to the 3 BPs that I spoke of but it may be just the bump she needs to get her started again. I have had some go off of feed and fed them live to get them started again then they resumed eating F/T without a problem. I have kept several species of snakes and I have learned that BPs are possibly the most hard headed snakes there are. They will test your patience like no other and they won't do anything until they're ready. I know you would ideally like to keep her on F/T, but sometimes you just have to do what is best for the snake and not what is necessarily what you want. If you are determined to keep her on F/T wait her out for a little while longer and keep an eye on her weight. She will start eating again when she is ready. But if you switch her to live ( if that is what she wants ) you may save money in the long run by not having to throw away so many F/T rats. Sorry for the long post. Good luck with her.