Quote Originally Posted by kc261 View Post
As best as you can tell, he has neither gained nor lost weight in any significant amount, is that true? If so, that is good. Well, gaining weight would be better for a still young snake, but gosh, he hasn't been eating, so you can't really expect it. The important thing is he hasn't lost weight.

As Greg said, he is probably feeling insecure. Are the sides of his tank covered with a dark material? If not, cover at least 3 of the sides.

You say 4/5 of his tank is full. To you that might seem crowded, but to a young BP that might seem like a lot of empty space. Try putting balls of loosely crumpled newspaper anywhere in the tank that you can fit them.

Also, you've gone through quite a lot of things in a relatively short period of time. You might have more luck with establishing a feeding routine, and sticking with it regardless of whether or not he eats. It would be best to stick with what he was being fed and eating successfully before, but if that isn't an option, then live mice are probably your next best bet.
I'll try covering the sides of the tank and the newspaper idea.
It seems like I've done a lot of things, but a lot of them were tried at the same time. Like the f/t small rat showed no response and so I brained it, still no response.
I'm pretty sure he is stressed, that is pretty easy to tell. How to calm him down enough for him to eat is what I'm aiming for.

Also, for the heating source I have a 75 watt wide range lamp that sits on the screen top of the cage. I dim it down at night and it cools down. Humidity has always been between 50-60 percentile range. What other heat sources would you suggest?
I've had a lot of problems with heating mats.

Another thing I didn't mention is that for a fasting snake, he's pretty active. Right now hes actually roaming his cage. He recently escaped but we found him the next day. (my fault) I think its a bit strange that he has so much energy for not eating.