Success stories?

I see all of these posts of people that are having problems getting their snake to eat. I see a lot of these and I am in the middle of this struggle right now myself. What I don't see are the stories of people that went through this problem and now the snake is eating well. Surely some of these stories exist. If so post the success stories so us new people trying to work through this problem can be encouraged and energized. Thanks, Dean

My favorite from my collection. Male banana. Set up in 6 qt. Eats 2nd day in my care. Refuses food for 4 months. No more than 200 grams. Move to 28 qt rack for 1 week and back on feed. Weirdest thing my balls have done

I actually purchase/ rescued a lesser female off of Craigslist that I was looking to add to my collection for breeding and when I got her she was very under weight (930g) at almost 2 yrs old and had not had a meal for a month prior to me getting her and she was a very sketchy snake. After working with her for 2 months and still no eating found out she is a mouser and will only eat large mice. So now she has a nice clean tub of her own in my rack and gets handles everyday and eats regularly and is a lover now!


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Oh and my son loved her so much he decided to name her Sunshine! And he can even hold her now!


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Took me 8 months too get my bp on f/t. Had to pre kill many many many mice before he switched. :( But hey he's eating great now!:P

My favorite story about eating success comes from my rescued 6-foot female normal... I had her for about a year with no problems, she hadn't gone on feeding strikes before and was in good health. I also never bred her, nor did I so much as let her near another snake. Well for a couple of months she just randomly stopped eating. Wouldn't lose weight, wasn't acting weird in any other way. I first tried every type of prey variation: live, f/t, pre-killed, rats, mice, different sizes, even different colors.

2 things changed everything: a black live gerbil I put in her tank with her. She snapped it up within seconds. Turns out gerbils are their preferred food in the wild.

The other thing? SHE LAID EGGS They were all slugs, but nonetheless you can imagine my surprise when I walked in and saw these large white orbs all over her tank. After that, she has eaten once a week without issue ever since. :) F/T rats too, of all things!

See, there is hope. Keep the success stories coming.

Thanks Terminal your absolutely right. Not only does it encourage people having feeding problems like me, it Also gives us insight on how to fix the problem. I will checking this post often, please keep the stories coming!

I also don't think a post like this should ever be buried at the bottom of the list. There will always be stories to tell and always be bp owners new and old that are struggling and can come back to this anytime they need encouragement and ideas. That's Just my 2 cents.

I bought a little cinnamon lesser baby at an expo on Oct 3 last year. Around 125 grams. He ate after 2 weeks. Then he didn't take his next meal for another 2-3 weeks. I think I got him to eat 4 times. He wasn't losing weight but he wasn't gaining either. Then he went on a 6-week eating strike for winter. I guess babies aren't supposed to do that but he didn't believe it! Then he ate. . .and again the next week, and the next, and now he's slamming anything I offer him and begging every time I walk by his tank. I'm feeding him every 5 days now, and he's up to 320 grams!