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Boa feeding help?

loostercc

loostercc

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Hey guys so i just got my new hog island this past weekend and i was told that he was fed last tuesday, and as it was feeding day for my corn, Sly, i decided to try to feed Slick (hoggie). i use a seperate container for both and while Sly very enthuisiastically ate, Slick didn't seem the least bit interested in eating. was this because he hasn't adjusted to his new home? i plan on waiting till next week to reattempt the feeding at the moment. any help would be awesome!
 
I know a member here had to put the food in with her baby hogg and leave him in a dark room overnight when she got him. He quickly grew out of that though.
 
hmmm ok ill have to try that, im still gonna wait a bit just to make sure he's really hungry the next time i feed him. is it better to just wait till next week or should i only wait a few days?
 
I'd wait the full week. No handling or bothering him other than poop checks and water changes, just let him settle in before offering again.

It may help to contact the breeder and find out how s/he was offering the food (in cage/out of cage, tease feed/drop it and leave...). I had a Hogg island/Colombian cross juvie for awhile, and for the first several weeks I had him, the only way he would eat was exactly how the first owner had offered, which was to put him in a shoebox with the mouse/rat and just leave it for an hour or so. He eventually came around to my way of doing things (take the mouse immediately upon offering, and eat wherever I put him that week--whether in a separate tub or in his home); he just needed that comfort of familiarity at feeding time while he settled in to the new environment.
 
Oren, he's about a month old at the moment.
Floof, i emailed the breeder to find out just waiting for a response and im going to wait until next feeding time, i might pick up a can of chicken broth just in case too
 
Leaving the f/t in a box with the snake sounds like the way to go. Do not be alarmed if he doesn't eat for the next week or so.
 
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