SHE ATE!!!!! Best Feeling EVER!!

[Zuma22]

I have had this girl, Sadie ('11 PHet Pied) since February 14 and had yet to see her eat. When I got her, I was living on the East Coast and didn't worry too much about her not eating since it was a particularly nasty winter and she maintained her weight. In May, I drove home to San Diego from Massachusetts with my snakes and hoped the move to warmer weather would help her eating. But, she soon started to lose weight. When I got her, she was 560g. Today, she weighed in at 365g. I decided that's it - after trying everything possible to get her to eat since Feb., I was left with the option to try assist feeding. I gave her a rat pink/fuzzy just to get her started and after she dropped it once (and the biggest heart-sinking feeling ever) I decided to give it one more go and she took it!!!! Cue the tears and shaking for me. I am absolutely on top of the world. Fingers crossed she doesn't regurge and that she eats on her own from now on as I slowly work her up to the proper size food. But for now....


(Disclaimer for beginners - please don't try this if you've never done an assist feed before and pleease don't do it unless your snake has lost a lot of weight, and you've tried everything else, including a vet visit, more outside advice, etc.! It's extremely stressful for the snake and is generally not advised for snakes older than hatchlings or rescues in really bad shape.)

[M&NSnakeDen]

CONGRATS!!
I know all too well what it's like to have stubborn feeders and I know very well the joy and happiness I felt when I was finally able to get a meal into them. Thankfully I've never needed to assist feed. Offering live was usually what did it for me. GOOD JOB! YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT!!

[Vypyrz]

Congratulations! I hope your success continues, and the food strike is over...

[Neal]

Congrats on getting her to eat. I know it can be stressful. I've only had one problematic feeder and really it was only to get her to eat her first meal. My yellow girl I had was shipped to me two weeks after she was born and I don't believe she had a meal and I couldn't get her to eat. It took me another 2-3 weeks to finally get her to eat and I was happy. That was the only time she ever refused a meal.

[cory9oh4]

Woot Woot! Hopefully she will take another one in a few days without the help