My BP Missed, then refused

[Zincubus]

So on Tuesday I went to feed my snakes. My 3 month old BP was in her hide when I lowered the frozen thawed small rat into the tub. Before I knew it her hide went flying up and she missed the rat. When I looked into the hide I could see that she had some of the Reptile Prime substrate stuck in the front of her mouth. I gave her some time to clear it out (which she did) and attempted to feed her again. I tried several times and each time she seemed extremely interested but would not take.

Do you think she didn't take because it was a stressful or maybe it hurt her? She has never missed a meal she is a veracious eater. I am hoping this does not impact future feedings.

I am going to wait until next week to try again or should I try sooner?

Thanks for reading!

I put pieces of card / cardboard over the top of the substrate to minimise ingestion of bark ...

Occasionally I still notice a little piece or two of bark going in the mouth with the mouse /rat ... I just pinch it out with long tweezers or tongs . Rarely fails tbh .


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