Feeding f/t for the first time

[Pyrate81]

To answer the OP's question which has been answered a few times already: Wait a week before offering another meal. I'd recommend to keep trying in the snake's enclosure. If it keeps refusing to eat, then it does not feel like eating or something is wrong in the enclosure and changes need to be made.


Ahem

Is feeding in a separate enclosure such a bad/wrong thing? We preach to do what is right and what works by the snake correct? Sometimes feeding in another enclosure is the right answer. In this instance(like many others), I do not believe it is the proper road to travel.

I had a baby king snake which would not eat in its enclsosure at all for the first 4 months. It would eat not problem in a brown bag or a separate kritter keeper. Also babysat a BP for 6 months and to get it started eating, I used a shoe box for a month. After that, the snake ate anywhere I put it and deveolped a strong feeding response.

^^ These are exceptions to most of the rules. Advanced/experienced keepers should understand this. Newer/inexperienced keepers will learn their snakes with time and know what to try as they gain experience and receive advice provided questions are asked.

OP(goshelby): Athough you tried what sounds like 1 time to feed the snake in it's enclosure, it sounds like you have already given up attempting this in the future. Sometimes leaving a f/t rodent overnight in it's enclosure will allow the snake to feel secure enough when no one is watching to eat its meal. You should be more open to the advice and criticisms of others and be less of a hard head. Everyone has told you the hand/feeding association is a myth, which it is, please remove your head from your butt, have a seat, stay awhile and listen. You've been doing research for 5 months and had your snake for a week. When I signed up on this forum I had 10 years snake experience, did 4 months of research on why my BP did not eat for 2 months and still had questions. The collective experience on this forum is well over 40,000 years(this is not an exaggeration, we have 40k+ members and if each has 1 year of experience it adds up). There might be a bit of knowledge here which might help.


Doolitle asked questions pertinent to the enclosure which we found the warm side is a bit low. This could be a factor in why the snake did not eat in its enclosure. People are ridiculously quick to jump down peoples' throats before knowing all the information. Especially on the internet. This is also a double-edged sword, if we don't get the information needed then we really can't help people. Extract the information(kicking and screaming if you must) then move forward. As teachers, we need more information so we can assist and help others. If someone is blind(and we do not know the person is blind), we can not show them a picture of a giraffe and expect them to know what a giraffe looks like.