BP Won't eat - Page 12

siz · 10-07-09, 07:34 PM

Yay! Glad you finally won him over.

Chu'Wuti · 10-09-09, 04:47 PM

Congratulations, Kendra! I know you must feel greatly relieved to have him eating regularly. My BP has never quit eating again after last winter's break, and he's eating pretty good-sized rats now--and after, even with a bulging belly, he looks at me as if to say, "Isn't there another one of those?"

Whew! I'll bet Wolfus has started growing, too--enjoy!

Wolfus_305 · 10-10-09, 05:44 AM

I hope Wolfus doesn't stop eating again, way too stressful for me!

After his first few real meals i definitely noticed him putting on some weight, though he was not terribly skinny before he looks a lot healthier now.

Ahah yes! i've noticed too that even after a good sized meal he'll use his puppy dog eyes and seem to want some more =P

Kendra

Wolfus_305 · 03-27-10, 07:03 PM

*sigh* i'm back again.
this is quite frustrating. it's been about 2 months since he last ate, which considering his 11.5 month strike last year is nothing. Nothing has changed in his habitat or in the room he's kept in. He looks like he's hunting, will get ready to strike when i wiggle the rat around (the same way i've been doing it all this time) and then he doesn't strike at it. he truly is a very picky eater. I'll keep you updated.

Kendra

HMT · 03-27-10, 09:53 PM

Mine is on a hunger strike too... its been 3 months since his last meal. It is so frustrating! This is the first time he's refused to eat.

I'm hoping it's a winter thing and he'll start eating when our weather gets consistently warmer. In the meantime, I'm keeping live prey to test his hunger so that I'm not wasting $ on f/t rats.

Wolfus_305 · 03-27-10, 10:11 PM

Oh, trust me I know it's frustrating. I got him and for the first 11.5 months I had him he did not eat at all, nothing, not a thing. If you read through this whole thread you'll see a bunch of advice that really helped me.

Good luck, I hope he eats soon for you!

Kendra

Chu'Wuti · 03-28-10, 12:41 AM

Kendra, HMT,

Mine quite eating for several months again, too, and he just ate the 23rd when our weather finally got above 60 deg during the day and above 40 at night for a week consistently. I do believe that some of them go through a winter fasting; it probably has something to do with where we're keeping them or with household nighttime temps, even though we are heating their nice enclosures. As I cannot change the location of the enclosure at this time--we're going through some major remodeling that will continue through the summer--I'm going to feed him really well this spring & summer. In early fall, I'm thing I'll feed him a little more often to sort of bulk him up for his winter fast.

I have a sneaking suspicion that once I'm able to move my snakes upstairs, this winter fast won't occur anymore, but that remains to be seen.

Hang in there! Sandy

Feebo · 03-29-10, 03:39 AM

Wolfus I wouldn`t worry too much about this, as I`m sure you know, these guys are famous for this. My biggest Ball python Troy eats two or three times a YEAR ! Of course I offer food every few weeks incase she decides she`s hungry, luckily I have a lot of snakes so food doesn`t get wasted but my point is, she`s never become ill or even been under weight, she just doesn`t want to eat more than a handful of times in a year.... ;D