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    Help feeding..

    Hi,my 8 month old BP hasnt eaten in my care at all ,i have had him a month, temp is 84f hot end and humidty is 60.There kept on aspen.I have tried the paper bag thing and tried to feed asist but he is strong and when i get the fuzzy into his mouth he spits it back out tried pre scenting the tank, my other snake is a sibling from this and is striking no problem, same sub, temps etc.no signs of scale rot or any other defects.,,Any suggestions

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    Re: Help feeding..

    Well, your humidity sounds fine but your warm end temps are very much too low: warm end ought to be about 92F and cool end ought to be about 82F with an ambient temp of about 82F.

    What are you using to heat with, how are you regulating the heat, and what are you using to measure the temps?


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    Re: Help feeding..

    What size tub???

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    Re: Help feeding..

    Can you feed live? If so leave him be for a week or so then give it a live mouse.
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    Re: Help feeding..

    try a live hopper mouse a brown one if you can if not try black
    this usually works for ch babies and some wc there aren't white mice in the wild
    if that don't work you could try a asf rat if you can find them

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    Re: Help feeding..

    Try with the lights on, lights off, you in another room.

    Believe it or not, I started having trouble feeding Jules for a few weeks.
    I knew my setup was good, so I didn't change a thing except that I had my wife started feeding him and.. voila! Eat!

    Are you feeding him in his enclosure? If not you should try that too.


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