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I have a year old yellow ATB that has not eaten in a few months. He was taking small mice and then he just stopped. I didn't think this was common for a young ATB that was eating all winter. I am going to try smaller mice I think and then I may even try scenting with chickens (rubbing day old chick). Then I could always try live. Suggestions welcome.

But the more important reason for this post is my girlfriend has no idea what to get me for my birthday and she insists I get something. I really do not have anything I would like her to get me but I would like a SOLID red atb (or maybe a very cool looking uncommon looking ATB). She wants to get a snake but she is scared because she knows how picky I am. If anyone is interesated in helping her...let me know : ) (I definitely want a young female)

I think this purple one looks pretty cool.

I have one particular female who does the same thing on occasion. She started out great for me pouding f/t mice when I first got her and then after a month or so, just stopped for almost two months. Once I switched her over to live mice she started right back up. She will still refuse every once in a while and go for a few weeks without eating, but always starts again eventually. I would try live first and if he doesn't take that, look at the conditions a little closer. The obvious ones such as temp and humidity and security (a nice tight, dark place to hide) and the less obvious such as outside pressures that you might not be aware of that could be stressing your little guy out. Are there any new sounds or vibes that might be getting to the enclosure (loud instruments, stereos, televisions, construction next door, etc.)? I once had an african rock and a ball python that just stopped eating for no apparent reason. The fast went for 5 months before I realized that the new kitten I had gotten was jumping on top of their cage (yes I housed them together) during the day when I was not there. Once I figured that out and removed the kitten from the situation, they both resumed eating within a week. My guess is though, that he'll take live, just like my yellow girl below. Good luck.

Billy

Actually he ate the night I made that post. I had a few things in mind to change and I did nearly all of them and gave him a much smaller meal than he was taking. He took. Lets see if he will take the larger meals again with the changes. Here is the snake that went off for a bit. He is starting to show some orange tiger-like stripes.