slurry?

Is there a slurry that people use when they have a ball that wont eat? MY spider female wont eat and i want to get some kinda of nutirion. I got her as a problem feeder the owner that had her before said he had to force feed her 90% of the time..:confused::confused::confused:

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Originally Posted by jeffh231979

Is there a slurry that people use when they have a ball that wont eat? MY spider female wont eat and i want to get some kinda of nutirion. I got her as a problem feeder the owner that had her before said he had to force feed her 90% of the time..:confused::confused::confused:

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First things first.. what are you feeding her, Mice, rats, live, FT ??

sorry i am feeding mice i have tried f/t and live nothing!!

First thing I would do is try to find out why it's not eatting. Do you have a hide? Is the humidity right? Does the animal have mites and if it is a wild caught has it been treated internally? The only animals I've seen refuse food were not being kept in the way they needed to be. Same thing with regurge. A friend of mine said all his snakes regurge from time to time, so I took a few home and after one month I hadn't seen a problem at all with them and after giving them back to him he started having his same problems again. I'd check and recheck your temps, humidity, etc and go from there. On a side note, I know some people force feed their animals but I believe it does more harm than good.

yes he has a hide temps humidity etc etc are all good i dont wanna force feed him at all

Force feeding with a tube is an absolute last resort. How much weight has he lost since he's been in your care? Does he still have any muscle tone? Is his spine very prominent?

she is an 08 in fact dob is 09/16/08 I got her at 110 grams she is about 90 grams now spine is not showing yet but her belly around the throat area is starting to sink in

There are many other options you can try before resorting to force feeding.

What are your temps, how are you measuring them? What kind of setup does she have? Does she have two hides?

What methods of feeding have you tried? Have you tried leaving a F/T mouse in overnight? Have you tried the zombie mouse dance? Have you tried prekilled? Have you tried prescenting?

Where do you feed her?

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Originally Posted by jeffh231979

she is an 08 in fact dob is 09/16/08 I got her at 110 grams she is about 90 grams now spine is not showing yet but her belly around the throat area is starting to sink in

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is she is losing weight thats a problem you definately need to get her checked out!

I know she's a CB, but is there any way she could have internal parasites?

I would get her to a vet. she is losing weight and not eating. obviously a bad combo. skipping a meat at that size is dangerous. Parasites is a possibility if it has eating an infected rodent.

Jeff, parasites don't come from infected rodents. Most parasites are species-specific and something that needs mouse body-temps(101 or so) to survive, likely won't survive in snake body temps(84-85 degrees).

Proper husbandry goes a long way in helping a snake get back to eating like they should.

Like the OP said, the snake is tiny. I would have that Ball in a 6qt tub, with a 4" terra cotta or plastic pot saucer(the saucer, not the pot). Newspaper or aspen for substrate, small water bowl on the other side of the tub. Heat at 94-95 warm side, 84-85 cool side, 55-65% humidity, and covered with a dark pillowcase. Leave the snake alone completely for a week to a week and a half, then try to feed a live crawler mouse overnight. Pre-scent the area first fir 30 minutes or so, then drop the mouse in, close the tub up, cover it, and turn off the room light. LEAVE!

Don't disturb the snake at all until the next morning. If the mouse isn't gone, just remove it and leave the snake alone for another week. You can try mouse crawlers or small hoppers without their eyes open. They pose no harm whatsoever to the snake.

If you have the snake in a tank or anything bigger than a 6qt tub, move it to the shoebox tub. It needs to be in something small, dark and warm or there won't be any success...

thanks becky i will try that