Well, I got my BP 3 weeks ago now and I've had a couple issues with feeding. The first time I tried to feed him, I took him out of his cage and put him in a grey rubbermaid and then dropped the thawed mouse in and wiggled it around. Once he picked up the scent, he got pretty active and smelled all around it. I closed the lid so that it would be dark and left it in there for 3 hours.....didn't eat it.

The second time I left him in the cage and put the thawed mouse in again and wiggled it around. He smelled it again, I left it in there for a couple hours, and he did not eat.

The third time I left him in the tank again, but this time I left the thawed mouse in there over night. This time he DID eat it.

The fourth time (last night) I did the same thing and he did eat again.

My question is this...I know that some people have problems with feeding in the enclosure because substrate-ingestion can occur. Should I just keep doing this or should I try to get him to eat within the other tub? I don't want to leave him in there overnight to eat, but how long should I wait.

Do any of your BPs not eat in front of you? It seems like mine will only eat if I leave the mouse in there over night.

Thanks