Still no eating - been about three or four weeks now.

It has been three or four weeks since my BP Icculus last ate. In light of this my nerves have been eroding with each passing week and I'm thinking that when I get my paycheck we are going to the vet. Well, so that many of you may learn on my dime, I have discovered a few things I once thought trivial to be quite important. Here they are below:
1) RECORD KEEPING: I assumed this was only necessary for keepers of more than one snake (I only have one) however since Icc's recent fast (still in the midst of it here on 9/26) I have learned that good record keeping can be invaluable. Not only for piece of mind but also so that you can provide specific information to your vet if your herp needs to make an appearance. So I have made a resolution to start keeping records, for example:

Date: 9/28/04
Prey Items: 1 Sm. Rat
Eat?: No
Est. Length: 2.8 feet
(I'm trying to teach myself to go by metric but I'm not really good at it yet)
Est. Age: about 2 yrs old

Spiral bound notecards left on top of the tank seem to be sufficient as a place to write this stuff down.

2)Find a vet well in advance pretty self explanitory, I have a vet back home in Chicago but hadn't bothered to find a good one here in Nashville - thankfully I can begin using http://www.arav.org

That's all I have so far but keep that stuff in mind, I know I didn't.
thanks,
Jonah

PS he looks fine physically - no dehydration, no triangular shape or other sign of starvation - no obeseity - I just worry about him plus this a good excuse to get him 100% accurately sexed! (her?)

Dont let it worry you to much. As long as he is not losing weight and seems fine, other than the non eating part, he should be ok. But if you take him to the vet let us know what you find out. My Monty Joe is on his 10th week of off feed so I feel your worry. Good Idea on keeping records, I am also at fault for not keeping valuble records....

I am sure the vet will have good things to say, but it's never a bad idea to make a visit when there's cause for concern. Let us know how it goes.

Know the feeling man, i'm into 9 weeks for both of my guys. They checked out ok at the vet. I hope yours does too! Keep us updated.

I keep record of my snake in Excel. I took a screen shot of my sheet in case anybody feels like copying me. I am getting a second snake and plan to just put its information on another tab labeled "Blood". The name Anubis is still not official:)

I work in a hospital and in case you don't understand my labels.
BM = bowel movement
andUR = urine/urates



http://members.cox.net/nadz/History.jpg

wow! That is really cool! Thanks for that idea! Also, how does one take a screen shot?

Hit the "print screen" button and then paste into a imaging program or even Word. Even Paint will do if you just want to save it as a jpg.

try feeding him in his normal tank or try putting his favorite hid in with the container u feed him in

for those of you that dont have excel .. or would just rather write your info in here is a basic card I use I usually fill it out by hand and also in word you can add cells to it as you like
http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Photos/ID%20CARDS.doc

Thanks RC I never realized I didn't have the sex on my sheet. I will have to add that:)

NP :wink:

I agree with the record keeping stuff. I have feeding and health record of my bp since she first hatched June 8th. And I've been continuing the record keeping since I got her. It's good to be able to look back on the info in case they happen to refuse a meal or something. Then you can look back in the records and say "hey, looks like a shed may be due". It's just too useful. :)

I also keep records for both our BPs. I keep Sophie's info. in a notebook, and Hillary was kind enough to send cards w/Smitty (with all his history). I do like the Excel idea though and think I might try that out.

I agree, record keeping is essential.

Hang in there Jonah!

Yes I have been keeping records since about 1 mo after I got Ozzy. ( learned that here)
I keep the records for both Ozzy and Osiris on the monthly/year planner that comes w/ my daytimer.
It's kinda like a note book w/ each page a month. I log urine,BM, when, if and what they ate. When they go to the vet and just behavior type things. And of course sheds.

My vet loved it when I first brought it in. Guess not to many keep records.
I have to cause it is just to much to try and recall. ( to many years partying has taken it's toll )

Good post Jonah to put that out there for all as a reminder :)

Hiya JJ long time no see! I was just checkin in on everybody and saw your post, just curious how your BP is doin.

Plissken went off feed for about a month or so once,than started eating again, for no reason I could tell,but Im sure he had his reasons.

Lemme know how everything gos! :)

Paul! Glad you stopped in to see us. Hang around and chat a bit. :)

Hiya Marla:

Yeah I miss all you guys over here , lotsa new people too, this site just keeps growin and growin, just like Plissken and Rid****.

I'd love to see pics of them. How are you and your wife doing? I hope you'll be able to post some updated pics of the snakies soon.

He took one little rat pup...But I'm going to pick up some fresh frozen rodents tomorrow to see if that helps... :)

That's a start! Good news.