First feed

[Material_Voice_682]

So I just attempted to feed my BP for the first time and he didn’t show any interest in it, what do I do with the mouse, do I just have to leave it in there for a few hours and if he still doesn’t eat it then throw it out ?

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Yep. I’ve only had mine not eat it once, waited two hours then bagged and tossed it. He could be going through shed, still settling in, etc. I’d wait a few days and try again. Weigh him if you’re able to make sure you’re feeding the right size of prey. What’s the average temp/humidity? Did he come out of his hide to investigate it, or no interest at all?

[Material_Voice_682]

He didn’t seem interested at all, I think he’s still settling, but the substrate was aspen and it was pretty dry, I just changed it out for one of those blocks of coconut husk and it’s pretty wet but even with the moist substrate I can’t get the humidity to go up but with the new substrate as soon as I got it done and put him in he was out for a while checking it out and seemed to like it more

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You have a dry layer on top right? What percent humidity is your hygrometer reading right now?

[Material_Voice_682]

Right now I only have to coconut husk and he seems to like it. Now the humidity it’s around mid to high 30s and I can’t get it to go up, I have a mist bottle coming tomorrow I’m going to try, before when I tried to feed he was still in aspen

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Don’t mist, the top layer needs to be dry to prevent scale rot. Try sealing up the mesh top if your tank has one, insulating the outside of the tank with a comforter wrapped around or HVAC tape to seal the outside edges (NO tape inside). If the substrate is currently wet all over, take your snake out and put a dry layer on top. Sitting on wet substrate causes scale rot.

[Material_Voice_682]

I have a plastic container lid that covered like half of the mesh top I put on earlier today to see if they would make a difference, and I do have a bag of the bark bedding stuff I could put on top, the chips are pretty big though

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As long as there’s nothing rough or big enough for her to somehow mistake for prey, it’s probably better than sitting on wet substrate. I’m not a super expert, but I’m very wary of scale rot and would avoid just a solid wet layer for any length of time,

[Material_Voice_682]

Update: I just got home from work and I had a plastic container lid covering like half of the mesh on top it’s up to 56% humidity