My first ball: bumblebee

[SkYyaMe1623]

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f376/1MileNorth/bumblebee1.jpg

Brought him home today and offered him a live fuzzy and he turned it down :/ this is normal after a stressful day right?

[marvelfreak]

Congrats beautiful snake. I would give him a day or two to settle in then try feeding. I wouldn't handle him still he eats for you.

[youngster]

Beautiful snake, lucky! :p
By the way you should try f/t before live mice. I'm sure plenty of people on this forum will agree there's just too many risks when feeding live. Usually live food is a last resort type of thing when the snake refuses food, but there's plenty of methodical ways of getting your snake to eat f/t. (f/t means frozen/thawed)

[SkYyaMe1623]

Thanks! It was between him and a ghost mojave but i love his green eyes.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

My favorite BP morph, really nice choice.

[marionsclan]

A gorgeous snake and great markings. Try taking a pic of the eyes, please. I thought they were colored but can barely make them out.

[SkYyaMe1623]

A gorgeous snake and great markings. Try taking a pic of the eyes, please. I thought they were colored but can barely make them out.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f376/1MileNorth/bumblebee2.jpg

[marionsclan]

Oh wow.. they are awesome to look at. Never seen a snake with green eyes. Thank you for the pic. :)

[stephanbakir]

Great lookin eyes, time to leave him alone to settle though :P

[Lankyrob]

Not one for BP morphs pwrsonally but that is a striking snake!!

[TeaNinja]

yea, looks awesome.

[Rog]

I like this morph. I plan on breading some within the next two years. Can't wait. Those are some nice pics. I agree that u need to leave the snake for some settling time. He won't eat if he is nervous.

[Kayla90]

How much would the general cost be for a bumblebee?

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

How much would the general cost be for a bumblebee?

$400 and up

[SkYyaMe1623]

I paid $400 which was feeling like the drop dead lowest price (sticker was $450).

I'm so tempted to drop another mouse in with him tonight (supervised of course), but I'm going to give him at least another night to relax :/

[Jenn_06]

I try not to feed for a week when i first get a snake, that will give it time to get use to its new home. Nice looking BP.

[TeaNinja]

i've heard a few people saying they feed within days of getting the new snake to give it "something to do" during the hands off period, which kind of makes sense to me. not to mention you'll know if you have a good feeder or not early in.

[Kayla90]

i've heard a few people saying they feed within days of getting the new snake to give it "something to do" during the hands off period, which kind of makes sense to me. not to mention you'll know if you have a good feeder or not early in.

Doesn't that just the owners 'something to do' during the hands off period.. wahaha I don't think the snakes would be looking for something to do unless they're starving. Wouldn't they rather just stay hidden till they decide to poke their cute little heads out?

[TeaNinja]

why not hide digesting a meal? i don't really get how feeding them gives us something to do. i just put a f/t in his viv and leave him alone. even when i feed my snakes out of viv i just feed them in a box real quick then put them back to hide. i don't know about you, but if i'm going to relax all day in my "house" i'd want a nice meal in me :)

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

why not hide digesting a meal? i don't really get how feeding them gives us something to do. i just put a f/t in his viv and leave him alone. even when i feed my snakes out of viv i just feed them in a box real quick then put them back to hide. i don't know about you, but if i'm going to relax all day in my "house" i'd want a nice meal in me :)


I like your point... If a snake doesn't take its prey, alot of times its because of stress. Sense eating leaves them defenseless they stress about it. So if a snake eats early on it shows less sign of stress.

[TeaNinja]

not only that, but it gives us another reason to not touch them for a week (which is hard) ;)

[Aaron_S]

What was it eating prior to you buying it? A fuzzy mouse is far too small for a snake that size.

[whoaxmary]

Assumeing he ate okay before you got him, Wait a few days and pick up a rat pup. Offering again so soon will just add extra stress I'd think if he already refused a meal.

[snakesRkewl]

I always offer new snakes a meal the day they come in, maybe 50% of them eat the rest wait for 3-4 days and then typically eat.
Whether they eat or not they don't get handled much for a week or two to let them settle in.
I've sold numerous snakes to people who then fed the snake the same day they took the snake home, it's all about the individual snake. If the snake doesn't show interest right away I pull the prey item, no sense in stressing them out if they don't want it.

I feed nothing but live, asf's and rats, I wouldn't have it any other way....But that's just me.

[SkYyaMe1623]

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f376/1MileNorth/bumblethree.jpg
let him relax for 2 days, offered him a full size mouse and he took it!

Thanks for the help!