Feeding problems

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

Check you husbandry, if your snake is too warm it can't digest and will not eat if your snake is too cold it can't digest and will not eat... You get the point. Check and make sure everything is ok. A small snake not eating is not a sessional issue they are too small to be in breeding mode. Force feeding is never a good option it is a last resort. Snakes cannot be force fed for any lengh of time and survive. You need to solve why your animal is not feeding typically temps and security are the big ones. I personally would look to temps first as they sometimes wonder at the change of seasons.

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agree with this, check your temps and don't handle until it gets back on feed and shows a good feed response, if it's in too big of an enclosure it can also stress a ball off of feed. bigger isn't better.

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

Check you husbandry, if your snake is too warm it can't digest and will not eat if your snake is too cold it can't digest and will not eat... You get the point. Check and make sure everything is ok. A small snake not eating is not a sessional issue they are too small to be in breeding mode. Force feeding is never a good option it is a last resort. Snakes cannot be force fed for any lengh of time and survive. You need to solve why your animal is not feeding typically temps and security are the big ones. I personally would look to temps first as they sometimes wonder at the change of seasons.

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ok cool thanks and is the whole feeding ur snake in its cage thng really a myth cause i read on here it was

I believe so. I have a very timid snake and she would flip if I tried to feed in a separate enclosure. I have been bitten but only from a very bad miss for a rat and the day I stuck my hand in after handling a rat.

o ok well ill try and feed her in her cage next time thn thanks again