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Three weeks ago, I got two baby Borneos and had trouble getting them to eat...well, I left two rat pups in the cage and the male ate both of them, so he's all fat and happy.

The female, however, hasn't seemed interested at all in feeding. I was thinking that maybe she was stressed because she lived with the male, so I put them in permanent separate enclosures today and got a crawler mouse (no rat pups available and the guy I bought the snakes from said they had been eating mice) and after five or six hours, she still hasn't even looked at the mouse.

Does she need more time to settle after being separated from the male? Could it be the season?

and if it helps any, the snakes are in 18-qt Sterilite containers with cypress mulch and a small clay flower pot half

suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated

thanks-
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.Owen.:.

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"That Owen kid...man...he really loves that snake of his." ~Owen

it could be from the stress of housing them together, give her 2 weeks before trying to feed her again, if she is looking good. also i would suggest that you do not bother her much over that time as well, very minimal handling, some nice warm temps, and hopefully after 2 weeks she eats, and you can start handling after that. on another note, i personally would not offer her anything smaller then an adult mouse or rat pup's, (rat pup's preferably), as they will be slamming small rats in no time, good luck

Owen, seperating them was definately the first step. You probably wanna give her a little time to calm down before trying to feed again (wait a week or so). It sounds like she had a lot of stressors from getting a new home, living with another snake, getting another new home etc. If you keep continually putting food in there its not an incentive for her to eat (always food around). Also make sure she has a hide and that your temps and humidity are correct.
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior