how much should it weigh?

39.5 is small. If she's 1.5 months old and has only eaten a pinky, then that would be the cause, pinkys are way too small, and a lot of snakes wont take food if they're not the appropriate size. Reason being is I feed my anaconda adult mice, and I was trying to work out a feeding schedule with my rufous beaked snake, and he wouldn't eat his pinkys, well he ate all but one, and so instead of throwing it away(was f/t), I tried to feed it to my anaconda, and she just looked at me like I was stupid. Try something bigger, and she should take it.

i have her in a 20L glass cage, she has two hides (im pretty sure they are zilla small rock hides), a large waterbowl, temps daytime are 90/80 nighttime 87/78 and the only reason the temps drop is cause im using a dimmer switch for my light(60w red bulb) and im not up at 3am when the temp drops 3 more degrees. i hav e a accu-rite thermometer the one with humidity and a probe for outside temps, i havent handled her in probably 3weeks cause i have been trying to get her to eat something and she hasnt even seemed interested in food even when i offered f/t fuzzies. i think thats everything.

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Originally Posted by SnkChrmr650

i have her in a 20L glass cage, she has two hides (im pretty sure they are zilla small rock hides), a large waterbowl, temps daytime are 90/80 nighttime 87/78 and the only reason the temps drop is cause im using a dimmer switch for my light(60w red bulb) and im not up at 3am when the temp drops 3 more degrees. i hav e a accu-rite thermometer the one with humidity and a probe for outside temps, i havent handled her in probably 3weeks cause i have been trying to get her to eat something and she hasnt even seemed interested in food even when i offered f/t fuzzies. i think thats everything.

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Have you only tried F/T? When they're young it's a good idea to get them consistent on live first.

yes i have only tried f/t i was thinking about feeding live but wasnt sure if i should. what size should i use?

Id say a mouse fuzzy or hopper for a 1.5 mth old. Anybody else's thoughts?

But yeah dude totally go for live then transition to pre-killed and then f/t over time. Hope I helped, good luck!

ill definately try that! if just ried feeding her last night is it ok to try again tonight or should i wait and how long should i wait?

39.5 Grams! Wow that is a little BP

If have only been trying F/T I personally would try again as soon as I could with Live. You need to get that little snake eating. I personally would try a Live Fuzzy and do it at night when the lights go off they get a little more secure when they don't feel they can be seen. The movement, Heat, and smell of a live fuzzy will give more feeding response triggers to your baby...

Can you post some pics of this little baby and your setup?

I'd also recommend that you at least consider setting it up in a six quart shoebox tub until you get it eating consistently. A 20 gallon tank for such a wee baby may be very overwhelming to the baby, and can contribute to the food refusal (as well as most hatchlings do not take f/t as their first meals).

ok i just actually took my baby to the vet cause i was worried about her and the vet told me that i should feed her pinkies due to her size but even as skinny as she is a pinky just looks too small am i crazy? she also told me not to do live as its too risky but do fuzzies even have teeth? P.S. they force feed her so she has eaten now and i think she has some meds in her too to stimulste her feeding, they also gave her fluids as they said she was dehydrated could this be due to the humidity being in the 39-45 range?

Get a new vet, and give the poor baby a LIVE rodent as big around as the widest part of the snake. That is the rule of thumb. For a baby ball, that is usually a fuzzy rat, or hopper mouse. It's important not to handle her, and to get her feeding asap, hatchlings can go downhill fast without food.

Forget the meds they gave her, if the sole purpose is to stimulate her appetite. These things don't work. Verify first that this was the sole purpose, and it's not a medication for something actually diagnosed, such as an infection or parasite infestation (which would have required a fecal exam to detect, so if you didn't give the vet a fecal sample, the vet should not be de-worming your snake). I would ask what the vet actually gave her. I worry your vet may have given her something stupid like an injection of flagyl--antiparasite meds can add stress to the body of an already weakened snake. Hydration is very important--get your humidity levels up to 60 to 80% and make sure the snake has fresh water at all times. Hatchlings can dehydrate easily. Make sure the cage has a 90F basking area and is 80F on the other end--this gradient is very important. Use a thermostat if you need to, to keep the temperatures stable.

I personally would consider your little snake to be in serious condition, and perhaps worse for some of what the vet may have done to her. Force-feeding is terribly stressful for snakes. Wait 5 days after a force-feeding before offering her food again.

www.arav.com is a good place to find reputeable reptile veterinarians. Bad vets who don't know reptiles well can kill even a healthy animal with bad advice. It's less common these days, but it still happens (clearly). Any vet who thinks a live fuzzy rat can harm a snake is not a vet you should be using.