Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Are you saying you took him out of his home to put him in another container of some kind for feeding? If so, do NOT do that ever- that's a prime reason a BP will refuse to eat. You must offer them food where they live & feel safe. Handling totally distracts from their feeding instincts (the only thing that picks up a snake in the wild is usually a predator about to eat them) & I can assure you that if you got this snake from a breeder, it's unlikely he was handled much & certainly not at feeding time- & besides, you're a new person to him also. Feed on his home turf, period.
Oh and by the way,
Of course not. I was saying I had the door open and he came out of the enclosure during a feeding attempt. I did even bother to try anymore that time as I knew just that 10 second handling would be enough to cause issues. I also did mean to come off as a complete yahoo. As for the half log hide I repositioned it a before even started posting here, so it was against the tank ( which again I have covered with black tag board.) and he started going inside it more. oddly the half log is way more snug fitting then the hide he is in the most, in fact I was surprised he fit in the half log after he was inside the tank first time. I try to post a picture of the enclosure. I am sure it could use more cover but I think there is more cover the I made it out to have as well. I am also starting to think after doing more research that (although the snake was well taken care of) the breeder records might be off because if he truly is almost a year old he is big for his age. he is about 3 inches short of 3 ft. a BP from a breeder he seems very confident, I don't know if that's bad or good.
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