Alrighty. We bought a nice little female BP at the Reptile Expo a week ago. Actually a week ago saturday. After some preliminary messing around, we got her tank set up and the temperature and humidity has remained pretty good. We've got 90 on the warm side, 80 on the cool side, humidity wavering between 50 and 65%. We aren't picking her up. Took pictures twice. Change the water, add paper towels to up the humidity if needed. She remains in her hide pretty much all the time.

Do we continue to leave her alone? When is it ok to just handle her a little? I assume we should wait until after she has eaten. We tried twice and she struck at it but it seemed defensive rather than hungry and she didn't come back for it and grab it. Left in cage overnight but no go.

When should we offer her another mouse? Should we offer a live one to possibly assure success? We offered frozen thawed. Should we offer another frozen thawed or try to be SURE she will eat the next time we try and offer a young live mouse and supervise so she doesn't get hurt? What should we do next to ensure that we do this right???