He finally ate!!!

10 days ago, after 11 (yes, 11) loooong months of hunger strike, Sven, my 5 yr. old male BP finally ate! And what's even better is that he went into shed soon after he ate, and today he shed in one-piece! Bless the snake gods!

Cheers to him not skipping anymore meals foreverrrr! (Although I seriously wouldn't doubt it for a second that he's going to do it again :tears:)

WOW, 11 months? That's a looooong time! I would probably go insane out of my mind lol. Congrats! I'm still waiting for my little guy to have his first shed with me:oops:

Yeah! It was incredibly frustrating to a point where I was even thinking of force-feeding him. But luckily I never acted on that and at least tried to stay patient the entire time.

My theory is that perhaps he went into that 11-month-long hunger strike because he was growing too fast. He went from 1200g to 2010g in a matter of 7 months! So perhaps he just wanted to go on a diet, hah...

I wish I had your snake's willpower! :P

Haha, so do I!

Awesome! 7 months is my record. I was glad they started again.

Glad to hear you finally got him to eat! :)

And I sure do wish I had that willpower, too. :(

All three of mine ate their rats tonight. I was starting to worry about the little one who came from Petco, but her (much shorter) fast is over, too.

that is a good feeling. i had my oldest snake eat on friday, after 252 days.

I just hope I never have to go through that torture ever again! At least not for 11 month effin' months! It psychologically drained me... :crazy:

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Originally Posted by SnakeCharm

I just hope I never have to go through that torture ever again! At least not for 11 month effin' months! It psychologically drained me... :crazy:

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And you just know he's curled up in his hide snickering because he made you sweat.

Congratulations, i hate when mine decided to be unpredictable with their food. Makes you feel like your doing something wrong but its a waiting game.

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Originally Posted by butterballpython

And you just know he's curled up in his hide snickering because he made you sweat.

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This!!! Haha!:rofl:

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Originally Posted by Ba11er

Congratulations, i hate when mine decided to be unpredictable with their food. Makes you feel like your doing something wrong but its a waiting game.

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Yeah! The only thing that kept me sane was his weight. In 11 months, he only lost about 220g. Went from 2025g to 1805g. Not bad...