Quote Originally Posted by rabernet
Wow, where to begin?




Hmmm, clearly he's trying to tell you that this new large enclosure is very stressful to him, and he's feeling a bit overwhelmed with so much space. Why not move him back to the enclosure he was comfortable in, in the first place?



Again, Damen is clearly stressed in his new HUGE enclosure. Again, have you considered moving him back to a smaller, more appropriately sized enclosure? How many other signals does he need to throw you that he's stressed? What's more important to you? His physical and emotional well-being, or keeping him in an enclosure that's stressing him out?



First of all, you should NEVER leave a rodent overnight with your snake, especially an adult rat - which I'm assuming this was, not a fuzzy or pink, correct? And did you also make sure to leave water and food for the rat, so that if it got hungry it wouldn't choose your snake as its dinner?

If Damen isn't interested in the rat after about 20 minutes, you remove it and don't try again for the following week.

Get Damen back into a smaller, more appropriately sized enclosure, let him re-acclimate for at least a week before offering food. In the case of this stressed out snake, I'd recommend you give him THREE weeks to acclimate, with no handling, then offer a small/small rat to him.
Tremendous advice!!