Quote Originally Posted by gavindestroys View Post
Hey all, friend here. As far as Gannon's (BP) weight goes, I am unsure. I believe she's about a month and a half old, if that helps. In any case, since I bought her, I've housed her in a glass vivarium, with both a heat lamp and an UTH (10 gal, which was the size of the vivarium). I recently found that I was keeping the tank entirely too hot, given that I was using a celcius thermometer, and a site gave me the completely wrong formula for conversion. So bad on me. I also was struggling to keep the humidity up; spraying twice a day still would only keep the humidity around 35%. She did have two hides, and usually prefered the one on the cool side with the UTH just underneath. Since I had found out how completely wrong I was doing my husbandry, (I'm used to corn snakes, which are a cinch compared to BP's, apparently ) I have completely revamped her enclosure. I've switched her to a plastic tub, with just an UTH providing the vast majority of the heat. I have a hood providing more ambient light due to the fact I can't put her near a window. The side of the tub with the UTH stays around 83-86 degrees, while the cool side maintains about 75-78. The humidity has been pretty constant, hovering right around 68%. As for substrate, I have a layer of aspen on top, with a layer of repticarpet providing a barrier between Gannon and the UTH. During the night, since my husband and I keep our room kind of cool, the temperature dropped about 2 degress, and the humidity dropped around 1%. We tried to feed her about 3 hours after we moved her into a new enclosure, which may have been too soon. I left the fuzzy, not pinky , in the enclosure over night, and she still shows no interest. I'd really like to not feed her live, but if it is the only way for her to eat, so be it. How long should I wait before trying to feed her again?
Right now your priority is for your animal to eat not let it get worse to the point of no return so F/T is not your priority. A well established animal (an animal that eats with consistency) will switch a lot easier than one that is not. Do not offer more than once a week, the more you offer the more it will lead to a refusal.

Fuzzies are also too small a hopper is the size you are looking for. If the animal is a fresh hatched a month or a little more it is not a consistent feeder and you MUST do everything you can to get it on track ASAP, at that age/size things can go down the hill pretty fast if not addressed.

Provide proper temps 24/7 with minimal fluctuation and no night drop, smaller enclosure, no handling, those are the 3 most important things. (I highly encourage you to make the changes I suggested above.

Also VERY IMPORTANT: BUY a thermostat and place the UTH at the bottom of the tub, there is also no need for additional light a darker environment is preferable anyway as those animals are nocturnal. Remember that without a thermostat you will end up with a burned snake whether the UTH is on the side and a reptile carpet is placed between the side or bottom of the enclosure and the snake.