Still wont eat

Yea, I just had her in (becasue of this; to see if she was sick), along with another snake. The otherone had RI (I thought it did, I rescued it)- but she turned out negitive for everything.. And no, nothing has changed in her enclosure.. Well, aside from the fact that I had her housed with another snake for a little bit- but she was still eating great then. The last time she ate was two days before I took the otherone out of the enclosure..

But yea, nowhere around here has rat pups- but I will in a few weeks.. So I'm going to keep offering her food, then try the rat pup in with her overnight, and see if it works.I just dont understand why she wont eat!!

You say it's been three months, so it's probably not the winter-time fast. How are your temps - they haven't dropped have they? Was she housed with a male BP and you were planning on breeding? Is it possible she is gravid? Gravid females frequently don't eat, from what I hear. (I'm not an idiot, I know you said she is NOT your gravid female, but what if one got by...?)

We have a young Kenyan Sand Boa that we picked up from the Chantilly, VA show in late October. Once we got him home, we found out he wouldn't eat F/T pinkie mice - he was only eating live at the breeder's. Now, it means he doesn't eat as often; and I frequently have to drive 45 minutes to get his dinner. Maybe you can try calling around to a bunch of pet stores. The independent ones, I've found, are better at selling live feeders. ;)

By the way, do you have a digital scale that measures in grams? Sounds like a good investment. We got one from WalMart and love it. What did the vet have to say about her weight loss?

Good luck! I'll keep her in my thoughts! :snake:

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

You say it's been three months, so it's probably not the winter-time fast. How are your temps - they haven't dropped have they? Was she housed with a male BP and you were planning on breeding? Is it possible she is gravid? Gravid females frequently don't eat, from what I hear. (I'm not an idiot, I know you said she is NOT your gravid female, but what if one got by...?)

We have a young Kenyan Sand Boa that we picked up from the Chantilly, VA show in late October. Once we got him home, we found out he wouldn't eat F/T pinkie mice - he was only eating live at the breeder's. Now, it means he doesn't eat as often; and I frequently have to drive 45 minutes to get his dinner. Maybe you can try calling around to a bunch of pet stores. The independent ones, I've found, are better at selling live feeders. ;)

By the way, do you have a digital scale that measures in grams? Sounds like a good investment. We got one from WalMart and love it. What did the vet have to say about her weight loss?

Good luck! I'll keep her in my thoughts! :snake:

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I'm going to sart by saying- I know your not an idiot :) lol.
But my temps are great, 91 on the warm and 82 on the cool, and the ambient (sorry- cant spell), temp is 80-85, dependsing on what side (warm or cool) of the glass.

And the snake she was housed with was the only snake that I did not know the sex of- but the I gave it to a friend (spur of the moment thing), and he got it shexed and its a female. It was a temporary thing- he kept getting out of his enclosure (and we couldnt figure out how), so I had to build a rack... But then I gave her to my friend, as Ive already said.

So I'm 99.9% positive shes not gravid, unless shes just prodcing them to re-absorb them or something. And as much as I'm hoping for babies this season- not rom her, not yet. Though she could do it, I want to get some more weight on her and wait for the male I'm getting..

The strange thing is, she has NEVER refused a meal before this. Rather it was during shed, during winter, whenever- its never happend. Oh yea, and the vet said that she's probably just fasting, and that she may untill spring- but that if she doesnt eat in another month (god that just seems so long!), then to bring her back...

And thank you so much for your help- and about the scale, I dont have one, I just borrow my friends on occasion. But I'm going to the store tomorrow to get some tubs, and I think Ill stop by walmart on the way ;)