My BP has been in his new home for about a month now and I can't get him to eat. I was told that he has ate 2 times before I got him (live fuzzies) and I have been trying to get him to eat f/t. he are the things I have tried so far:
-First I put him in a feeding container (so he wouldn't be on the aspen) and put a f/t mouse in with him that was heated in warm to hot water. He smelled it in the air, went over to it and smelled it a bit, flicked and hit it about 4 times, then turned and went away. At this point I thought he might be shy because this was in a lighted room and their was a TV on and people watching, so I moved him with the mouse to a dark room with no noise and left him their for 3-4 hours. Still nothing so I put him back and fed the mouse to my corn (who will eat anything at any time)
-The next week I tried again with the feeding container but this time I moved the mouse with a pair of tweezers to try to make it look alive, that seemed to get more attention but still no luck, after about a minute he turned away again. After that I placed the warm mouse in a deli cup and put it alone with the BP in to his enclosure, and the next morning nothing.
I’m at a loss on what to try next, I would like to get him on F/T but not sure what to do to get him to like it. Please give any advice or ideas you might have, and feel free to point out anything I might be doing wrong, this is my first BP.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give
Eric
