BP won’t eat after shed

[wickedserpent]

Thank you for all the information.

A couple of things.

1. You should check the temps with a temp gun. If you do not have one, you should get one. If the temps are checked with a temp gun, awesome, however, they likely vary when the repti-fogger runs. They likely drop. Is it on hot side or cool side? Either way, I know you are working with a glass tank and you know it's not ideal, but think about upgrading when you can for better humidity control.

In the meantime, if temps are what you say and consistent, that sounds good.

2. 40% is too low for a BP in terms of humidity. You should have 50-60%, more on the high end, all the time. Raising it in shed to 65-70% makes sense.

So not surprised about the poor shed.

3. He has to be way more than a foot, especially if he's eating medium rats (90-140G or so).

Please get a scale so you know you are feeding appropriate size meals. Male BP's, unless very large, can probably eat small rats their whole adult lives.

If you are feeding medium, and he's a normal size male, that's a big meal. He may be full and/or irritated from his poor shed, or just doing a fast, which is common for mature BP's, especially males.

Re-take temps with the repti fogger running, check size of your BP and your food items, and do not offer food for about two weeks. Also try to get humidity up in other ways, if possible (different substrate for example), or consider a better enclosure as soon as you can.

thank you for the info! I never thought about the medium rat being too big since I’ve read that the meal should be the same width as the thickest part of the snakes girth or bigger. I defiantly plan to get a rack system by the end of this year and plan on getting a temp gun and scale soon as well. So a small rat every other week should be plenty for him then? Thanks again for all the info! Also for substrate I use coconut fiber on top of a layer of paper towels. Would it help if use warm water in the repti fogger instead of room temp?