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I have had my Emerald Tree boa for coming on a month now, he is about four feet and pretty slender even for an arboreal snake, he hasn't eaten in the entire month, and I haven't been told how long ago he ate by the original breeder. I have tried adult mice f/t, adult mice live, and live rat pups.

Yesterday was his most recent try, I had the fogger on full, it filled the tank, and the room was pitch black, I found him sitting in the predatation position several times, and I woke up at two to find the Tupperware container knocked over. (I have a water bottom for his tank to increase humidity, the Tupperware keeps mice in and away from the water) One rat was missing, although I found it early this morning. They are both still alive, for the daytime I put them in a separate tank on a heated lamp so they stay healthy. When I get home I'm planning on dipping them in chicken broth and trying again.

If this doesn't work I will be buying chicks to feed. I know they don't eat often, although I find this excessive with refusal if anyone has suggestions I'd be happy to hear.

I had a problem like this with the first emerald that I got also. The breeder had told me that they were feeding live and what they were feeding so I took their word for it and did the same and it went well over a month and the thing wouldn’t kill and eat anything so finally I fed them to one of my red tails and tried the frozen thawed then warmed up in hot warm.... as they said he didn’t eat that either so I talked to someone and they told me to try to heat it up quite a bit warmer than normal ... like 110f and to hold it an inch or two away from it with tongs assuming this was dumb but the thing just reached out and snatched it like he was plucking a donut off of a snack cart. He barely even made a half attempt to coil around it then swallowed it. He’s been eating like that ever since ..... no way this snake was ever eating live mice I don’t care what they say.