Dumerils will NOT eat!

She is a baby, very docile, no health issues, 19 inches long, hot side 90 cool side 82, humidity 55 to 65, 2 to 3 inches of aspen bedding to hide in. 2 hides one cold one hot, large shallow water bowl, very little handling, have had her since December 13, hasn't shed, hasn't eaten, tried f/t, live, rats and mice, split one, tried the broth trick, left them over night. This isnt my first snake, but I am out of ideas. Assist feeding and force feeding are stressful and I dont want to go to that yet. She still looks healthy and not losing weight. When should I worry?

Number one your temps are way too high, dumerils boas like it a bit cooler, 84-85 for a high, 75-80 on the cool end. Do you prescent the area before feeding at all? Mine is climbing the door when it's feeding day unless he is in shed.

Do you know if she's eaten at all for the seller you got her from? Has she eaten in her life? When was she born?

I'd ask the seller how and what they were feeding her, if they did.

I will cool it down some and I left the mice in the room for a while and the f/t overnight. And seller didnt give any info on feeding or shedding. I did email them, didnt even know gender.

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Originally Posted by Jeremyp

I will cool it down some and I left the mice in the room for a while and the f/t overnight. And seller didnt give any info on feeding or shedding. I did email them, didnt even know gender.

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Hopefully they reply. This is stuff that should be asked before purchasing the snake. I've seen baby dums being sold at shows who haven't eaten a single meal, and were just born a few days ago, which is totally unethical to sell.
What size is her enclosure? Baby dums can be very shy, and you'll need to try the same steps as with a baby ball python (15qt/6qt plastic box, hides, etc) to get them to eat. If you do all this and they still don't eat, then you might need to assist feed.

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