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I recently purchased my first emerald tree boa.

it is a CB male, approximately 3.5 years old and kitten tame...

i bought him locally....the previous owner stated that he readily took frozen/thawed small to medium rats...

after i had him for about a week and a half, i offered him a small f/t rat, which he took immediately.

needless to say, i was very pleased.

i waited 2 weeks after that small feeding to offer him another f/t sm rat, but he showed no interest.

it's been approximately 4 weeks since he ate for me...

at night i've noticed that he moves around his enclosure...

i have him in a 3ft Vision with 2 seperate perches, one horizontal across the cage and the other diagnolly.

when he cruises his cage, he often crawls up into the lip on the top of the vision cage & sprawls out across his perches...

in the morning, he is perched perfectly on his branch as if he had never moved...

any ideas?

i'm beginning to get a tad bit worried... i know they can go a long time without eating...but it's still disheartening when your new acquisitions do not eat dependably :/

thanks in advance!
-jessica
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try feeding at night i have a GTP who would take meals during the day but it would startle him at first then he stopped eating for about a month and we tried in the eveing right around sunset and he took it no prob hope this helps

thanks so much, i will definately try that!

if all else fails, i'll try to get him interested with something live... :/
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1.1.0 Hogg Island Boa
0.1.0 Albino Columbian Boa
1.0.0 Emerald Tree Boa
1.0.0 Carpet Python
1.0.0 Jampea Tiger Retic
1.0.0 Red Albino Cornsnake
1.0.0 Water Dragon
0.0.1 Pink Toe Tarantula
0.0.1 Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
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Here is a of "Kyro" the emerald tree boa...

i swore up & down that i wouldn't get anymore snakes....but i couldn't resist him...

i mean, a completely handleable emerald, CBB, eats f/t...for $500?!

who could pass that up?

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1.1.0 Hogg Island Boa
0.1.0 Albino Columbian Boa
1.0.0 Emerald Tree Boa
1.0.0 Carpet Python
1.0.0 Jampea Tiger Retic
1.0.0 Red Albino Cornsnake
1.0.0 Water Dragon
0.0.1 Pink Toe Tarantula
0.0.1 Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
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What about the color of the mouse / rat?

I have 2 that will only take PURE white....go figure

the rats are pure white...

that's all i have at the moment...i'm picking up my rat supply in Cleveland on June 7th...

i'll probably have some colored ones then...
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1.1.0 Hogg Island Boa
0.1.0 Albino Columbian Boa
1.0.0 Emerald Tree Boa
1.0.0 Carpet Python
1.0.0 Jampea Tiger Retic
1.0.0 Red Albino Cornsnake
1.0.0 Water Dragon
0.0.1 Pink Toe Tarantula
0.0.1 Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
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Shed Your Fears!
www.freewebs.com/ShedYourFears

Being that these snakes have heat pits I would also make sure to super heat the head of the prey animal. I usually hold the rat next to a hot lightbulb or toss in the oven for a about a minute or two to get warm then bammo!

he may be feeling the need for a female
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