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How long have you had her? and has she had the tipical 2 to 3 weeks of not being messed with to settle in to her new home?
I made a big mistake with my 2nd snake, I was holding her from day one and she never ate for me. After I moved here to GA and she had to be left behind due to her health, She still wouldnt eat for her new owner. I found this site, and told her about the 2 week rule, she tryed it and now the snake eats every week like clock work.
Also one of my snakes (Pandora, as I was told...) only eats 3 extra small white mice every sunday (the size of a weenling mouse) and will refuse any other color or sized prey. (that will change soon) Baby will only eat mice or rats that are 100% live, not stunned and they have to be a tan or a light brown color. He wont touch any other color mouse or rat.
IMO you might want to try a bunch of colors of mice and see if that could be the problem. if that wont work, a trip to the vet might be needed.
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haha.
Its hard when you are a newb (i still am one, but slowly growing out of it) to look for information and find it reputable, you always want to post about it and ask. lol.
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haha.
Its hard when you are a newb (i still am one, but slowly growing out of it) to look for information and find it reputable, you always want to post about it and ask. lol.
Now see thats why this site is so special.No matter if your a newbie or a old fart here everyone helps each other get there questions answered:cool: .*whispers the only member you have be worried about is Recyling Goddess(Aleesha) when she is off her meds*:8: :8: :8:
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:rofl: I like that... you might have to worry about me to... I can be just a bit odd....:crazy:
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When one of mine goes off-feed, I forget about it; for about a week, I offer no food at all, just going into the cage for water change and any cleanings that are needed. I find that their appetite seems to build up when I do this; Bela refused a meal several weeks ago; then I waited a week (actually I think it was 10 days) re-offered her a rat, and bam.
I wish you luck; how long have you had this BP?
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The thing that concerns me with this one is the "V' shape and the fact that after 12 plus meals it just hits 100 grams. That and the fact that it refuses food and spiders are generally known to be great eaters.
This deal has had a lot of snags from the beginning so this is now making me very nervous.
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ouch. that would make me nervous too. what do you mean by the V shape? could it be a broken rib?
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The thing that concerns me with this one is the "V' shape and the fact that after 12 plus meals it just hits 100 grams. That and the fact that it refuses food and spiders are generally known to be great eaters.
This deal has had a lot of snags from the beginning so this is now making me very nervous.
Have you had it checked/treated for internal parasites?
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ouch. that would make me nervous too. what do you mean by the V shape? could it be a broken rib?
The top and sides form a V shape.
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Have you had it checked/treated for internal parasites?
Not but it looks like I may have to.
