New addition- Dumerils- concerned!!!

Update....

YAY POOP!!!! LOL and two of them...one small and the other good sized relative to him....gonna try feeding next week.

Sounds like he's doing ok. Let us know how he feeds. If he eats well, I think he's fine. :gj:

That's good news. Remember, Dumeril's "pee" a lot more than most other snakes. My male makes a mess of his hide boxes all the time.....like miniature tan colored cow pies lol.

Yay! Glad to see he pooped. So no more bloating?
Don't worry about price. I got a 2011 female for 70$ and a 2012 female for 40$. The 40$ is very light and peachy colored too. Both were in perfect health, but both were fed live. It was a pain to switch them to ft.
Personally... my dumerils are greedy and will only eat HUGE rats only. Forget small sized rats. Forget any size mouse. Haha picky.

Updated picture maybe? :D lol

Sorry..work and summer school have kept me off of here....update....refused a small live mouse....gonna try F/T mouse next week or a tiny rat....he seems to be doing ok....prefers snuggling under his hides to truly burrowing like I though he might end up getting into doing...bloat is down...pooping/peeing regularly...still seems to have some in him but Im just thankful he seems to be functioning correctly...now if he would just eat!! lol

ill try and get a new pic or two up in the next week!

Thanks for all the help/info/advice!

Hey any advice or help would be appreciated....the new dums...is doing well and has shed but still wont eat....any tricks? I know they can be a bit more picky or hard to get to eat?

Thanks guys!

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Originally Posted by OsirisRa32

Hey any advice or help would be appreciated....the new dums...is doing well and has shed but still wont eat....any tricks? I know they can be a bit more picky or hard to get to eat?

Thanks guys!

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I don't remember if you've said yet, but how long have you had him?? It took my baby Dum a month to eat for me. They can be hard to get started, but once they do, they are terrific feeders. But be patient. Suki was a pain in the butt for me.

One thing that's been mentioned and I found worked for me, was offering a larger prey size. Dums frown on things too small..... LoL! :D

Ive had him two months...offered F/T and live furries and small mice..wouldnt take any of either and shied away from both....was thinking of trying rats....

Yes, try a rat. Sometimes it really does make a difference. My Dum refused rats but took the mouse when I finally offered it to her as a last resort. Maybe yours will do the same but opposite....

Try a weaned or small rat.