*PLEASE HELP* I don't know what happened

[Ashley-Rose]

Small adults is what I am feeding him. Should have been more clear about that.
So should I start to feed him every 5 days then? Since I still have a lot more small adult could I use those up first then switch to the rats?

Giving a length for size is rather meaningless. Get a digital kitchen scale and find out how much he weighs in grams. I'm also not sure what you mean by "small sized frozen mice" - are you feeding pinkies, fuzzies, hoppers, small adults, or ? Because if you're following the advice of the big box store where you bought him (I found your other threads) then he's very likely been underfed.

This time of year BP's tend to start feeding if they didn't eat much over the winter. Yours may be just hungry. If so this would be an ideal time to make the switch from mice to rats - offer one f/t mouse as usual, and then while he's still in "food mode" follow up with a warmed f/t rat pup.

[bcr229]

How many is "a lot"?

[Ashley-Rose]

About 5 more

How many is "a lot"?

[BrandyL1193]

Maybe try offering two instead of just one..?

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[bcr229]

About 5 more

LOL ok I just wanted to make sure you weren't sitting on a bulk pack of 50.

You really need a scale to weigh your guy, figure he can eat 10-15% of his body weight every 5 days until he reaches 500 grams, then a small rat once a week.

[Ashley-Rose]

Haha oh no I don't have that much money lol!
I will invest in a scale. Is it something you could find at walmart or something? Should I offer him something to eat tonight then?


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[bcr229]

WM has them for about $25. Pick one that's low with a wide pan for stability.

If he ate last Wednesday then you can try tonight.

[Darkbird]

If you have a place to keep them I would seriously consider saving up for a bulk order from one of the online frozen sellers. Considering what the big box stores charge for frozen, it wouldn't take much even with shipping to come out a lot cheaper per feeder.

[MonkeyShuttle]

I have a big girl who does the same thing. To me she is just hungrey and associates me with food so what i do is approach all my snakes with caution until im sure of there mood and its easy to predict a balls response. If i want to get out a ball who acts aggressive to me i just put my hand flat over their head and they usually drop the attitude. Justin K has a video on this. FYI theres tons of videos on youtube by pro's on this issue

[CORBIN911]

Just let him bite you, you'll realize its nothing then next handling you'll go in like a champ and just scoop him up! Then he'll be puppy dog tame!