Just a little trick

The hand is warmer than the enclosure, so this could help with the feeding response. Warm my tummy and I'm apt to eat a meal or two.;)

Jim Smith

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,



I have not a single clue - lots of possible reasons but no clue which of them is the real one. :confused:

But, in my case, the snakes had been kept on paper towels since the 24th of September and had not eaten successfully on their own but I changed the substrate to shredded aspen on the 18th of November and all three hatchlings involved ate on the 20th of November and at each offering since. :bow:

Whether it is the smell, the simple act of changing the tank, the way it affects heat transfer or some other factor I wish I knew. :confused:

Once they seem to be on a good steady eating schedule I might try switching some of them back to see if they still eat.


dr del

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I have a 300 gram mojave male that was eating o k(every 2 weeks or so) on aspen, I figured I'd move him to paper towel like to rest of the snakes, that was October15 and he still hasn't eaten. He's very resteless all of the time on paper towel. He was actually nose rubbing which I noticed the other day and he's in a very small tub.:mad: Just switched him back over to aspen.

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,



I have not a single clue - lots of possible reasons but no clue which of them is the real one. :confused:

But, in my case, the snakes had been kept on paper towels since the 24th of September and had not eaten successfully on their own but I changed the substrate to shredded aspen on the 18th of November and all three hatchlings involved ate on the 20th of November and at each offering since. :bow:

Whether it is the smell, the simple act of changing the tank, the way it affects heat transfer or some other factor I wish I knew. :confused:

Once they seem to be on a good steady eating schedule I might try switching some of them back to see if they still eat.


dr del

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Originally Posted by seeya205

I think they feel more secure because they can hide in it and they feel it on their sides(a sense of being hidden)! They can't do that with newspaper!

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Ok, thanks! My guy has been eating great and I have him on newspaper. I likey the newspaper so I'll be keeping him on it.

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Originally Posted by Vilenica

Long Tongs rock :snake:

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Wow you can say that again. My tongs seem to be getting shorter and shorter to me as my snakes are growing. Just yesterday while feeding Monty she went for my hand, not the mouse LOL. She didn't tag me though, thank god. She really liked my hand, but when I FINALLY got the mouse, she noticed that was her meal and quickly wrapped around it.