My healthy male BP just got over an 11-month-long hunger strike. In those two months, he lost about 200g. Yeah, it sucked wasting all those precious rats and having to constantly worry about when he's going to resume eating.
Surprisingly, I got him eating again about a week ago, and shortly after that, he shed in one-piece. I know you may have heard this a lot, but I think it helps reassure owners with a fasting BP: Don't worry! Just keep monitoring his temps, attempt feeding him every couple weeks or so, and stay persistent. He'll snap out of it eventually whenever he feels like it. That can be tomorrow, or hell, like my male, 11 months later![]()