I had gone to the hamburg show, i believe in September but i honestly dont remember the date without checking. i was going there with the intention of getting a juvenile albino burm since the het albino i got at the show prior to that one didnt survive the night despite everything i had done, i never did find out what was wrong with it. anyway, i ran into a normal burm that was about 6.5 foot long and i fell in love and the idea of getting a juvie was pushed to the back of my mind. after finding out from the breeder that the snake was on live rats, i reluctantly bought a live rat and decided to switch to frozen after that feeding. so i took the new burm home and he instantly ate a very large rat. a week later i tried offering a f/t and he refused. i repeated this for quite a while, tried every trick in the book and every person i asked for suggestions just told me that burms are "the garbage disposals" of the snake world and should readily take f/t. after about a month and a half went by without him feeding again i decided to suck it up and give him a live rat just so he had something. but it never fails and as soon as i did that he grabbed the rat, coiled, and got bit in his face by the rat and didnt even get a chance to eat it. i was so upset due to the fact that i always preach about why you shouldnt feed live for the exact reason and now i have a snake that has been bit.

but it gets worse...

after another few weeks i start noticing what i believed to be an RI, so i made an appointment with my vet, took him in and and got injections i had to give him every three days. i also raised his temps and put a humidifier beside his cage. now, it is late march and he still has not fed, i am not sure if it is because he was bit by a rat, the stress from the RI or because of the season but i could use about any advice i could get. Thank you all very much in advance.
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