Now I know somethings not right

OK this is really starting to worry me. Now Nanners will not eat either. Yesterday Bob refused his meal which I halfway expected so no big shocker. Nanners coiled and killed his meal but would not eat it.

So today I thought maybe it was a touch to big for him so I got him a smaller varmint which he struck coiled and killed. Then he would not eat I have left it in his tank with him for a hour or so and he has not touched it.

How long can I leave it in there? Do California Kings fast? Both his and Bobs temps and everything are great. What the heck am I doing wrong I am starting to doubt myself please any help is much appriciated.

Hmm, that is a bit odd. Is Nanners going into a shed? Sometimes snakes will not eat if they are going to shed soon.

My Kings do NOT like to eat for an audience, and have left their meal if they are watched. I have taken to tossing it in after lights out, and leaving it overnight. Usually, it is gone in the morning.

It has never bothered him before for me to sit and watch him and no he is not going into a shed. How long can I safely leave the mouse in his tank before I should take it out? It has been in there for about an hour and half or so.

I'm starting to wonder if this is like the situation where two or more women live in the same house their menstrual cycles will align to be at the same time.

He knows Bob's not eating so he isn't going to either
I'm kidding of course :wink:

I can't say why Nanner's refused his meal, but I can suggest that you leave him be for a week or so before trying again. It could very well be that he just wasn't hugry. Maybe enough of his last meal is still in his system that he doesn't feel the need to expend the energy it takes to eat. Or you may be surprised to see his eyes cloud over tomorrow. That happened twice with my gopher.

I know it's easier said than done, but TRY not to worry too much about it. Give him a week and then try to feed him as you normally do. To answer your other question, I do think you'd be safe leaving the mouse in his tank overnight...but I wouldn't refreeze it or anything after that...I'd just flush it.

I went ahead and got rid of it he was showing 0% interest in it.

I know some people have suggested leaving the mouse overnight, but I tried that once with my last snake Monty and it didn't have any affect. He just wasn't going to eat. I'd just try again in a week and try not to worry yet. :)

this is another reason why you should never feed live. when your snakes go off feed, most of the time it requires leaving them food overnight so that they can eat it on their own accord. if you leave a live rodent (esp. a gerbil, which i read you feed your bp) in the cage unsupervised, you could be killing your snake.

I would never leave a live feeder in either of my guys cages. That would be asking for serious problems.

In both cases Nanners struck coiled and killed the prey but then refuses to eat it.

Oh yeah, I didn't realize you were feeding live. Leaving prey overnight would definitely be a no no!!

No problems with mites? temps?

I have a really tricky feeder, my rescue-case WC adult. The only way I can get him to eat, is leave a very warm f/t rat with him in a rubbermaid overnight, with the heatpad under the rat. I put him in a rmaid that's half the size of his normal cage and by morning the rat is gone. But if I am anywhere nearby, this snake will NOT eat. You don;t know how many times I wanted to force a rat down his ornery little gut! But they will eat on their schedule, not ours.

Maybe at night when you all were asleep they got together and thought of ways to make you worry then make you very happy. They conspired to go on a hunger strike then start eating when you least expect it making you very happy.

Just kidding I hope they come around and I am sure they will. I learned that patience is a virtue with snakes. Ultimately and hopefully hunger gets the best of them and they will eat. My wife worries about our snakes all the time i.e. what are the temps, whats the humidity, how much do they weigh, are the cages clean and disinfected. I like to see her interested but its driving me crazy.

Anyway, sorry for the wordy post and good luck with your guys i know they will come around.

Thanks for the suggestions and support guys. Hopefully everything will turn out ok. They haven't started marching around their tanks with little picket signs yet so there is still hope to reaching a new eating contract :lol: