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06-20-03, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Hamilton ON
Age: 40
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Does your BP take dead rats off your fingers?
Mine doesn't ever seem interested in mice when i put the food in front of his face, he just sits there. i was wondering does your snake take food off of your fingers/tongs or do u leave it over night?
I have to leave it in his cage over night with a paper towel underneath so he doesn't swollow subtrate. I really do want to see him eat it, i've never witnessed it yet, i've had him for 2 months now and hes ate 9 times, wish hed eat without being so nervous. His Enclosure is perfect... i dont see whats wrong maybe hes just a scared?
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06-21-03, 12:18 PM
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If he is eating don't change a thing.
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06-22-03, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: Halifax
Age: 58
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With a royal just be glad he is eating. They can be fussy at the best of times. My royal eats like a pig but it has to be perfectly dark, she will not eat with me watching and she will not eat until after about 8:00 at night, any earlier and she will not eat. Plus she will not eat anything white, her prey has to be brown.
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06-22-03, 12:51 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2002
Location: Victoria, BC
Age: 44
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When I first got my BP he would eat with me watching -- then he wouldn't, so I had to leave the prey (I feed F/T) in there overnight and he would eat it... then he stopped eating at all for a few months... then he ate a few times.... then he stopped again... OIE! LOL 
Basically, if he's eating, be happy  If you really want to watch you could try spying on him at night... use a red light, it's my understanding that reptiles can't see the light emitted off of these bulbs, so hopefully he won't even know that you're there....
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06-22-03, 01:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: England
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I use tongs to try to make the mouse seem as alive as possible, but i can't put it too close to him or he will back away and hide!
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06-22-03, 10:21 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Hamilton ON
Age: 40
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for some reason my BP can still see me when i try to approach and watch(at night with lightes off), he just sits still and looks up at me, or just backs in his hide. I guess they can still see with the red light...
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06-24-03, 05:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: Sacramento, California
Age: 46
Posts: 191
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I've fed mine twice since i got it a few weeks ago, I just wiggle it in front of his face and wait for him to take it, which he has both times... Mine has no problem with anyone watching
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06-24-03, 07:27 PM
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They do not need light to see you, they will track your heat with their heat pitts.
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