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Old 05-13-2014, 02:14 PM   #1
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so first of all my snake went into shed so wasnt really wanting food after this had passed and she shed i tried feeding her and she wouldnt so now i keept trying and no success and she is very healthy and active her heat is set to the correct temp but she just wont feed it is now today just turned to the 3 week and she has still not eating the mouse i try and feed her i have tried around 6 mice! its starting to make me nervious as i seriously dont know why she is doing this? does anyone feel like could know why? please heko im panacking!
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Old 05-13-2014, 03:08 PM   #2
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Hm... I'm no expert, I can only go by the experiences of one corn and one royal, and my exotics study at college. Plus being good mates with complete herp-maniacs. Lol

What species is she? She's not a royal is she? Such pains to feed.

Have you tried blooding or braining the mouse? Apparently it usually works. Other than that, if she continues to refuse feed and everything is fine otherwise, can you force feed? I know with our baby royal he was refusing to feed, so we had to force feed with pinkie mice because they're small. Just to encourage them to eat more. If you open their mouths and stick in there, their mouths normally take over and just start taking it instinctively.

Theres been no recent changes has there? Lighting, heating ect... Did she definitely get off all the shed?

Can't really help beyond that... :S
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Old 05-13-2014, 04:12 PM   #3
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So, first of all my snake went into shed. She wasn't really wanting food. After this had passed, and she had shed, I tried feeding her, but she wouldn't eat. So I kept trying and no success. She is very healthy and active her heat is set to the correct temperture, but she just won't feed! Today just turned to the 3 week mark and she has still not eaten the mouse. I try to feed her. I have tried around 6 mice! It's starting to make me nervious as i seriously don't know why she is doing this. Does anyone know why? please help I'm panicking!
What species? How old? Have you gone to the vet? Have you tried force feeding her?
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Old 05-13-2014, 10:51 PM   #4
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thanks im not quite sure what breed as the breeder didnt tell me:/ she is 1 year and 5 months old, i havent taken her to the vet as i thought she would have eaten it, i havent tried force feeding her because she has never done this before, yes all the shed is off and it is all in 1 piece there has been no changing other than my room moved around but she satyed in her viv although she is placed where there is a little more light.
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Old 05-14-2014, 12:12 AM   #5
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When my snakes wont eat I try scenting the mouse, I use rodent bedding from my hammies or better yet and this tends to work every time is tuna, just rubbing the mouse on some tinned tuna I even keep a tin in the freezer and chip a bit off for each mouse now, snakes can go weeks without eating if they are dormant enough my Argentine Rainbow Boa has done that to me before now.
Another thing you can do is try getting your snake into the sun some times a bit of the ol D3 from the sun really helps that or add a d3 bulb to your enclosure guarded of course but many find it easier to dust calcium and d3 onto mice.
Another option is to put the snake into a smaller enclosure with just the mouse over night, I really recommend youtube they have some great videos on tips to get your snake to eat.
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Old 05-14-2014, 12:20 AM   #6
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I haven`t a clue about snakes but I would suggest googling snake species images and identifying which she is? Post the image on here (cut and paste it) and the members might be able to help more? But because a snake is an exotic pet, it`s always advisable to get information from an experiences keeper or a vet in case something isn`t quite right. Reptiles can go downhill fast if they stop eating. But hopefully you can identify the species and go from there.
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Agreeing with RC, if you post a pic we might be able to help you identify.
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Old 05-17-2014, 11:41 AM   #8
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I have 8 snakes at the moment five corn snakes (lavender, ghost, carolina, caramel. butter), a hognosed, argentine rainbow boa and hog island boa, if you can post a picture of the snake you have I can identify and help I hope.
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Old 05-17-2014, 02:17 PM   #9
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thanks everyone i think she is a hypo melanistic if you go onto my youtibe which is empire11 it has a vid of her
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Old 05-19-2014, 02:47 AM   #10
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thanks everyone i think she is a hypo melanistic if you go onto my youtibe which is empire11 it has a vid of her
oh a corn snake nice!
I love them they are such nice snakes I will be having a nose at the video.
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