Beans is being stubborn, or just picky.

[BeansTheDerp]

UPDATE: I have not used this forum in months due to frustration, someone said I wasn't using the advice I was being given but I had been stating that I had, we found out that the problem was that the F/T does not work with him, we tried using everyone's recommendations and even ones from the breeder and a shop owner but nothing worked, the live rat we had gotten was also too big and Beans was afraid of it, now months later, Beans is over 300 grams (I'll weigh him today but at the vet they said 300 and something I don't remember) and he has not missed a meal. we have decided to stick to feeding him live for now! Beans is still living in a tub with a pet safe mesh top and we changed the aspen to coco-husk. after Beans's appointment at the vet (April 29th) the vet let us know that not only was he extremely behaved but also that he was very very healthy. we also got him a bigger water bowl, and a vine for him to crawl on. (I have found him numerous times sitting on it like a green-tree python) Beans still get's his attention and fun story, his vet appointment was on the day that he would be fed, he had been handled by the vet but when we got home, we waited a couple hours before giving him the rat but after we did he took it with-in a span of 30 seconds. the next week I decided to try something..... we held him on Wednesday, Wednesday is the day we use to give him a break so he get's used to his enclosure not being opened to get him attention. but this time he held him on Wednesday, and for not as long on Thursday and as I put him back in the enclosure I put the rat in as well, and in 13 seconds (that's right I counted) he had it in his jaws and was constricting it, the rat was kicking at him but I used my snake hook to hold down it's feet because it was kicking him harshly and I didn't want Beans to get hurt. Beans did not regurge this meal, he was all fine. that was weeks ago, anyways, Beans has a good feeding response and is very healthy, and still joins us on movie nights (he seems to prefer star wars ) NOTE: I still do not hold him until he poop's because of an incident where we gave him two days to digest and thennnn he pooped on me.


anyways, thank you to everyone who tried to help with the F/T