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Cant get Burm to eat!!!

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I have had my new baby burm for a couple weeks now and I cannot get him interested in food.

Temps are 80-85 ambient 90 hot spot, 60%ish humidity, nice hide, plenty of fresh water. I have tried covering the enclosure at night to let him feed in peace and he just doesnt seem interested.

He has shed and deficated since I have had him so I know he has ate before. Any help and I would be gratefull. Thanks
 
What have you tried feeding him?
Have you contacted the person you bought the snake from, and asked what it was being fed?
If all else fails.....chicks usually work
 
He was eating weanling rats from the breeder so I have followed suit. They fed him live pinkies (mice) the first time or 2 to get them excited then switched to the weanling rats right away.
 
did you ask the breeder to feed the snake while you watched. that is something anybody should do (if you purchased it in person, of course).
 
I can't imagine pink mice getting a hatchling burm "excited"...but I suppose that doesn't mean people don't do it. I'd try a small adult mouse, see how the snake responds. Giving us the details (type of enclosure, size, heat sources, how temps are measured, etc) might help shed a bit of light on things, too. (A common tweak for burms it to bump the temps a little)
 
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