So...uhhhh

This is bothering me. My vet told me to give it a couple more weeks until I try bringing her in...but I wanna know what you guys think...

My 15 foot Burm has not ate....since early November. And even then, all she had was a smaller sized guinea pig. (my local shop was out of rabbits, and this pig was all they had).

She has no signs of illness, cage is fine, etc. The rabbit I have for her Ive been trying to feed every week since about two weeks after the guinea pig...and she acts like she wants NOTHING to do with it. She'll sniff it, flick her tongue at it, etc...but has never even came close to striking.

I understand they go off feed and all that but 5 months is not right, i dont think? The vet said it's due to winter and all that, but in the 4 years Ive had her, the longest "off-feed" she has went was a month. Any help is appreciated.

Sometimes they just go off feed. As long as she is not loosing alot of weight I would not worry to much about it. I had a female green anaconda go almost 8 months without eating.

wow. no she definately hasnt lost wait. She has shed twice since all this started and everything. I havent been too worried about it but 5-6 months is a long time, and starting to get to me. I think im gunna get her another guinea pig and see if the "change" works again

Just keep offering her food. Try different prey items. She will come back around sooner or latter

Have you ever paired her up?

Try another guinea pig-burms love guinea pigs. If she hasn't been with a male then she should not of stopped eating which leads me to believe she wants one.

I wouldnt be worried about it. I have a 5 year old male burm that only eats 3-4 straight months out of the year and then fasts and he's fine.

Maybe a picture would help? :please:

Never paired her up...although now Im intrigued!

and I will get pics tomorrow. Im gunna try and feed her again then so we'll see...

well she ate a guinea pig...pretty much no hesitation either so Im happy. And by checking her mouth I didnt see any problems so Im relieved...now to find a decent guinea pig seller LOL...


Sorry no pics..I dropped my camera and shattered it. so I gotta wait until my wedding in July to get a new one. Sorry

Happy to hear she ate!!
Congrats on getting married:D:D

LOl thanks!

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Originally Posted by burmmamma

Try another guinea pig-burms love guinea pigs.

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They aren't the only ones!

MMM, MMM!!! Tasty.

some, well matured in years and size, will go off feed until you put a male in with them. keep in mind that in the wild, when they are ready, a male will always be found. and if the female isnt "into" so to speak, they will reject the male's efforts. i would say, she is one of those big females that is ready to breed. ive had female retic go off feed for just over 10 months, until finally i threw a male in, they did their deed she laid like 25 eggs and went right back on feed. just some food for thought

Interesting...any way around this without having to breed?

most of the time, they will come out of the breeding "mode" and resume feeding. however, i have had a couple stubborn ones that, like i said, went several months, even just shy of a year off feed until i finally threw them a male. keep in mind, just because you get a male for her, doesnt mean that they will mate. the male may not be interested, the female may lose interest. but most of the time, at least if you put a sexually mature male, it will how should i put this, curb her mating appetite and should hopefully go back on feed. so, its been this long, i would probably go out and get or borrow a 7 or 8 foot at least year and half old male put them together for a few day. just make sure the sex of each are 100% correct. you dont even wanna chance getting two males together when they are of breeding age/size and in breeding mode. so make sure they are both sexed correctly, put them in for a few days. observe their behavior when you can (but dont hover over them and stress them out). then in a few days get them apart wait a few days and offer food (smaller prey item than normal just to get her back in the swing of things so to speak. again, that has worked for me, of course you run the risk, obviously, of her becoming gravid. if that is not an option for you at all. i would say, wait it out and hopefully when she is ready she will eat. as long as she is active and isnt losing weight and looks overall healthy, she should be fine, either way you go. just remember, if you choose the getting a male route, make sure he comes from a reliable source and is also healthy and mite free

Okay. Sounds good. Thanks tiger!