Quote Originally Posted by randomdaydream
I have a similar question. My baby Angelina has never turned down a meal and she's been eating med size rats. Today she wouldn't eat. She's about to shed. I'm about 99% sure that's why she didn't eat, but I wanted to double check with the experts. I'm soaking her in warm water right now.
Why do you soak your BP? Because of the shed? Provide proper humidity in the enclosure and your BP will shed just fine. (I would not consider soaking any of mine unless I had stuck shed issue)

As for the refusal yes some BP will refuse to eat while in shed it varies from one BP to another, however if you feed medium rats BP will sooner or later stop fast to catch up.

Feeding a smaller prey allow your BP to be a more consistent, I don't feed anything larger then a small rat (4 weeks old 45-65 gram) once a week even to my largest adult.

Because they can eat large prey does not mean they need to.