Re: Anyone who has had a snake off feed for 7 months + please respond
i had a female go 7 months for me from the time i purchased her. not sure how long she was off prior to me getting her. i noticed her activity level had changed one day and i offered her a frozen thawed rat. she attacked and wrapped but never ate it. i then offered her a live small rat a week later and she ate with gusto. mice also do the trick regardless of what they ate before. mice tend to activate something in them to eat.
hope she starts to eat for you.
adam jeffery
Re: Anyone who has had a snake off feed for 7 months + please respond
my female that I bought last august ate like a pig until about november or so, then began refusing food. From November to May, I'd offer pinky rats, small mice, large mice, and NOTHING. Then I remembered that back in November, I offered her a weanling rat because it was all I had at the time- I was sure it was "too big" for her- but she took it. So I finally offered her a small weanling rat in May (maybe 1/4" bigger than her widest part) and she took it. She has eaten consistently as long as I offer her prey that I think is "just a little" too big for her. If I go by the recommendations of the pet store, I wind up with another frozen rat or mouse that she doesn't want. Feeding "too big" worked for me, but I can't recommend it to anyone else.... what I would suggest is just experiment with different prey until they take it. Also make sure temps and humidity are just right, not too much activity around the cage, etc.
Re: Anyone who has had a snake off feed for 7 months + please respond
15q tub for 3 days did the trick. :)