Re: Not eating by himself
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Originally Posted by t0m541
just the one on the warm side, he spends most of his time in it but then if he's feeling a little chilly I guess he will, I'll give your advice a go, 2 hides and warming up the viv a few more degrees over the week or so. All I want is a happy snake, I have a bit of a zoo and they all want for nothing if it makes them content in their captive enviroment
He spends most of his time in the one hide, because it's his only secure area, so offering two identical hides allows him to thermoregulate between cool and warm. They will choose security over thermoregulating.
I'm glad Deborah helped, since I didn't know the celsius to fahrenheit conversion! So, if it's too cool, that's another reason he's not eating for you. All good advice offered so far, I'd work on fixing your husbandry issues (getting temps corrected and measured with a digital thermometer, two identical SNUG hides, minimal handling, etc) and hopefully he'll start eating on his own for you!
