Last time he at was about 2 weeks ago he has not pooped the last feeding out yet. He at a frozen rat for the first time during his last feeding but i tried today and he didn't take it at all. all the other times i have feed him i feed him live mouse but i was wanting to change it to thawed but i don't know if i should try thawed mouse or a rat. I have to pay almost 4.00 bucks here for a rat and i hate to loose money. Also i can only get my Humidity up to a 40 to 50% so is that ok his last shed was not good at all.
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Changing over to thawed food
PockeBD_CaaPB
Dec 02, 2003 02:29 AM
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PockeBD_CaaPB
Dec 02, 2003 02:31 AM
also i forgot to menstion i just put him in his new home it's a 36x28x18 Vision cage the snake is almost 2 years old and the people of bought it off of feed him a mouse once a week so that is what i have been doing before i tried that rat. please help.
pimp_n_python
Dec 02, 2003 11:09 AM
the hummidity is perfect!!! untill its shed time
once his eyes cloud over raise the hummidity to about 65-70
you can do this by misting his cage or by putting the water dish over his heating pad and over head light that will help evaporate the water into the air. or you could soak him in luke warm water for about 10 mins everyday about 3-4 days before he is going to shed.
If the snake is 2 years old it should be eating alot more than just one mouse per week! my subadults eat a medium rat every week!
if you continue to feed it mice feed it 2-3 every week. i would strongly reccommend you spend the money and get it rats. you can get them alot cheaper if you order in bulk off the internet.
If you just put him in a new cage. try just leaving him alone for a week and make sure he has at least 3 hidspots. one in hot end of tank one in middle of tank and one on the cool side. so it can thermoregulate while hidden.
Bp's tend not to feed if they're stressed and moving cages can be stressfull and not having enough hidespots can be stressfull also.
One last reason could be that it just doesn't want to eat
Bps tend to go off feeding around this time of year if thats the case then he'll be fine some BPs go months without eating and it has no negitive effect on their health
well hope this all helps sorry about the lenght!
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