Hi all,
Feeding question- When my 2 year old bp was younger, she was a great eater. At the start of this fall/winter, that changed. When I offer her a rat, she'll look at it with varying degrees of interest and then starts ignoring it. After a couple months of this she hadn't lost much (if any) weight and I assumed it was normal bp winter mode, but I was still a little concerned. I decided to leave her in a large box with the rat and shut the lid. Sure enough, I checked back in an hour and found her in the process of trying to eat the rat (butt first... she tends to do that a lot). I tried again a month later, with the same result. After that, I resumed feeding her every couple weeks. She continues to refuse to strike at the rat during feedings, but always eventually eats it when left alone (still always tries to swallow it butt first and takes over an hour to figure it out).
I certainly don't want to overfeed her, but I also don't want to deprive her of food if she's hungry. She looks perfectly normal, not too thick or too skinny. Any thoughts as to why she isn't striking at the rats, and whether I should do anything differently?
Thanks!
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