Quote Originally Posted by dakski View Post
1. DO NOT LEAVE LIVE FOOD WITH YOUR SNAKE UNATTENDED! EVER, AT ALL!

This can lead to serious injury for your snake, or worse. Snakes only kill to eat.

2. FEED IN TANK!

3. How long have you had him? 1-2 weeks to settle at least if he's 6 months old. Then food.

4. How are you offering F/T prey? How are you defrosting?

5. What does tank look like? Hides, temps, etc.

6. Humidity needs to be adjusted and fixed ASAP.

This should be your priority.

Security, proper temps, and proper humidity for him. Then LEAVE HIM ALONE and let him settle.

Please take this to heart and that I am trying to help. Been keeping reptiles most of life and keep multiple species (including BP) of snakes and lizards. 13 animals in total.

GET THE RAT OUT OF THEIR NOW! Then answer questions and we will try to help.
He wasn’t unattended... his tank is in my room so I was keeping an eye on him. But I took it out, snapped it’s neck and tossed it in the freezer for later.

2. Feed in tank... as in his regular tank?

3. I’ve had him maybe 2-3 weeks now? I waited just over a week before trying to feed for the first time, and then have tried every 4-5 days since.

4. I take the rat out of the freezer and transfer to plastic bag which I then submerge in lukewarm water for about 30 minutes until it’s fully thawed, then transfer to hot water for 20 minutes or so until the rat is a little warmer than room temp... then I’ve been using a separate feeder tank which I warm up with a heat lamp while the rat is thawing, put my snake in and then hold the rat by the tail, twitching him for about 15-20 minutes before giving up.

5. I have a 20-gallon glass aquarium with a screen lid. I’ve covered about 2/3 of the lid with plastic (it’s actually a picture frame I just set on top) to try and prevent too much evaporation. I have a heating pad on one side as well as a heat lamp set up to a regulator that keeps the temp on that side between 85 and 95 (it can sometimes get up to 104 during the day though, my thermometer has a memory so I can check it if I’ve been gone). This generally keeps the other side of the tank around 70-80, though it can get a bit warmer during the day. But my BP usually hangs out on the warm side anyway. I have two small water dishes on either side of the tank, a plastic hollowed-out tree thing that is his favorite hide on the warm side, and a cardboard box as hide #2 on the cool side. He rarely prefers that hide. I use Repti Bark substrate, but added a coconut husk mat under part of it near the heating pad because I was hoping that would help retain water and increase the humidity. I also have some vines and such scattered around for him to climb/explore as he goes around his tank.

6. Yes, I agree. What else can I do?




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