How many people are experiencing feeding refusals currently??

I have 2 normals that refuse to eat but they do this every year around this time and they keep it going until June or July:frustrate:frustrate

How long the little ones can go without feeding?
my 4-5 months old male albino hasnt been eating for about 2 months. older snake eats frozen mice, this little boy was eating live. we tried to feed him hundred times since we got him. no success! :( neither frozen mice, nor live. he seems very weak. i am afraid he is dieing. And i am not familiar with forcefeeding myself :(

Im not having a problem persay but my ball wont eat ever 5 days like i would like her to but every 10 days but its all good. Hope you guys get yall snakes eating.:snake:

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Sona

How long the little ones can go without feeding?
my 4-5 months old male albino hasnt been eating for about 2 months. older snake eats frozen mice, this little boy was eating live. we tried to feed him hundred times since we got him. no success! :( neither frozen mice, nor live. he seems very weak. i am afraid he is dieing. And i am not familiar with forcefeeding myself :(

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I would put up a seperate thread to try and get more advice in that serious a case.

The main things people will want to know are all the husbandry details including temps, humidity and descriptions of the enclosure - pics if possible.

Then a description of what you are using to measure the temps and humidity (sounds daft but some of the kit out there for sale is simply junk :( ).

The next set of info would be how you prepare and offer the food to see if anyone has any suggestions.

If you list all the different things you have tried it might speed things up by avoiding suggesting things you have already tried.

Have you talked to the place you got him to get a blow by blow description of the feedings in the past?

Do you have a good reptile vet near you? - we might be able to help you find one if it is needed.


dr del

No refusals right now...I've actually only had a couple random refusals...I think my snakes are too young to go on strike for any reason other than stress.

All (3) of mine have gone off feed. The female (693grm) just went into shed mode last week so that's probably she went off. And both males (500/680grm) have been off for a couple of weeks now.

Most things over 1kg have gone off their food here :(

Good news here, after about a month she decided to take a mouse, though very unenthusiastically... The one time it took for ever for her to even eat it. Went back and forth right past it for like 10 minutes, then i put it in her cage and she took it! (as i think ive already said on here...) second time put it in the cage and she just went up and bit it, no constricting or strike...

Then, most recently this thursday I fed her again... it was like a whole new snake. She had a feeding response like a burm... She smelled it and just was going crazy... She took two hoppers (for the first time) and I think she should be back to normal.

2 of my females refusing eating at the moment .. i gave them fresh meat medium rat .. have no idea ... but the one have not eating for almost 2 week and the other just 5 days ago ....

my baby pastel male still eating 2 baby mouse ... so 2/3 of my snakes are not eating currently ....

gonna be buy some little rats ... so that when they dont eat i could preserve for long time...

Yeah my one snake is eating, but I have to leave it there and walk away.