So who's gone off feed?

I actually feed Kitty at pretty irregular intervals. I find he does better this way, some times it is 7 days sometimes 8 somtimes 1.5 weeks, sometimes 2 weeks. It really depends on how long I gave him between the previous feed. I have fed him 2 food items in one feed before, rat and mouse. He hadn's eaten in a while, then I let him go for a little over a week before I fed again. It is pretty varied. I talked to the vet and he said this was actually not a bad idea as it would ensure that my snake did not mature too fast, was more likely to eat, and generally do better. Something about varying food availability and size in the wild makes for longer lived healther snakes, especially in conjunction with our loving control of enviroment, food and water quality

i just keep trying apollo every friday, when Pandora eats. hopefully he'll get hungry enough and eat the frozen micers

.:raises hand:. Eleanor hasn't eaten since September 10th. She did this last year... stops eating and becomes super active. She's a weirdo. I try bi-weekly and she always looks interested, but every morning I just find a snake sleeping on top of a very warm rat.

Sounds like someone wants some lovin :D

If Link dosn't want his food he'l plow over his mouse back and forth. Right now it seems like he's in hunt mode though. Crusin' around his enclosure and bumpin' thje sides and stuff.

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stops eating and becomes super active.

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Crusin' around his enclosure and bumpin' the sides and stuff.

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Monty Joe is doing this. He is going as far as redecorating his own inclosure, lol.

He is constantly on the move like he is in hunt mode at night, and has been doing some day time romping around also. He has been so active lately that he has been moving his hides and his water dish around inside the tank. Got up this morning and his water dish was about 8 inches from where it started at. But when food is introduced he just snub's it.

have to say Ozzy is on the same kick as Ironheads and Invadertoast's
Super active running around day and night bumping and climbing and fallin all over the place. Been for about 3 weeks now. Has not eaten in about 3 wks
I have been trying every 7 days Oz sniffs and looks like for about a second he is interested then nothing. I am gonna wait 10 days this time before offering prey .

Ours are eating right now, but when we first got Smitty he didn't eat for us for 3 months. Now that I think about it, he was much more active when he wasn't eating. Hmmm, I wonder why that is?? Anyway, we offered weekly, just to keep a routine (and Sophie would eat his leftovers as well). Now he eats great, and Soph, well, she's always been a pig--wonder if/when she'll go off feed for the first time. As has been mentioned several time before, as long as they are not losing a vast amount of weight and otherwise appear normal, there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

I'm probably gonna end up waiting 2-3 weeks before trying a rat on Eleanor again. I can't afford to keep throwing feeders away (starving student) and she'll be moving to a new cage. I can't wait 'til my cage is finished :-D I'm waiting on sliding doors from my uncle. I think this is gonna be the cheapest cage build in the history of herpetoculture, I wish I'd realized I have great connections long time ago, lol :) Soooo I'm waiting 'til she's settled in to her new pad. Good luck to everyone else who's pulling their hair out over non-feeders!

All three of my Bps are, gladly, not off feed. But Goblin was off for several months last year, and I am just waiting for him to refuse a meal... :( But so far he has not showed any signs at all of going off feed. he sits in his hide with his head poking out, seeming to say, "come on, I know I just ate three days ago, but feed me!"