I have been told scenting maybe the way to go it this isn't something I have ever done before? Tuna or chicken stock were mentioned so I was just wondering if anyone had done this and whether it worked.
As I said, he is out and about and is active bit obviously I'd lime to see him eat sooner rather than later.

 

I never tried scenting with my male but it can't hurt to try. Try offering him a rat pup instead, if he takes that then try scenting the mouse in rat blood.

Has he always lived with 27c heat? These snakes don't like high temperatures and many keepers keep them a few degrees lower, for example my male is kept at 25c max and he doesn't have a ceramic, I just add a heat mat on low temperatures to help during winter. Any higher and he gets quite stressed. However, if the shop you got him from insists he's been kept at 27c and he ate fine then I'd perhaps be hesitant to experiment with that for now, just something to bear in mind.

After searching for a few old threads, I stumbled across this one:
https://www.reptileforums.co.uk/for...ms.co.uk/forums/snakes/1084175-gonyosoma-prasinum-green-bush-snake-2.html?amp=1

Thrasops mentions some really good points in his post, worth a read.

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I could drop the temp down to 25, can't see it doing any harm. As I said he's very active, climbing and sitting looking out the Viv....but just doesn't seem interested in eating. I know they stress easily so really don't bother him much at all and am wary of making it worse but keep offering.. especially after the first week or 2 when I probably did bother him too much.
I'll give the rat pup ago and see how I get on.

 

I have an adult pair of these, the male very rarely strike feeds though he will strike at the food but won't wrap it or hold on, I just leave it there for him, he goes back and eats it 20 minutes later.

The female is a fantastic feeder though she will only eat rats, tried her on mice and no joy. Also they can both be a little funny with the temperature of their food, if its too cool they're not interested.

You could probably lower the temps a little. They are a montane species so prefer cooler ambient temps and higher humidity. I have mine at about 24 degrees and 65% humidity and they seem to be doing very well.

 

I have an adult pair of these, the male very rarely strike feeds though he will strike at the food but won't wrap it or hold on, I just leave it there for him, he goes back and eats it 20 minutes later.

The female is a fantastic feeder though she will only eat rats, tried her on mice and no joy. Also they can both be a little funny with the temperature of their food, if its too cool they're not interested.

You could probably lower the temps a little. They are a montane species so prefer cooler ambient temps and higher humidity. I have mine at about 24 degrees and 65% humidity and they seem to be doing very well.

My male also refuses mice, I have him on rats at the moment and keep trying to introduce mice into his diet but he won't have any of it - I may just keep him on these and keep a close eye on his weight lol

 

Since this post I lowered then temp to 24 and he has in fact eaten a pinkie. Took a bit of patience but after running away from it he took it from the tongs.
Last few days obviously temp has gone up again due to the weather so will wait until everything drops again.

 

The heatwave is predicted to last till Tuesday at the earliest. Might be worth putting a decent sized fan near the viv to keep the air moving.

 

I have literally just moved him into my bedroom which is the coolest room in the house. Temp there is about 3/4c lower (about 28/29 now) Going to leave the viv light off and curtains drawn. Had a fan going earlier with the glass slightly open but was worried he'd make an escape!! Going to attach some net curtain to the front so it can be left open a few inches and hopefully no runaway snake!

 

I have found the temps to be good in there so far, (have him at 24/24.5 during the day and down to 20 at night) and I think he feels nice and secure in there as he never really hides away and had (finally) started eating. Just this heatwave has obviously raised temps. Bloody summer 😂

 

Ahh that sounds fine. To be fair, he's eaten and not regurged so I'd definitely take it as a good sign

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