Help! Odyn stopped eating

[Sunnieskys]

It has been since 8/27. He won't eat since going to the vet. He will not eat! Husbandry is the same. Ambient 80-81 uth at 90 regulated Che as well" humidity 60. Not going into shed. I gave him over a week to calm down and haven pt touched him or tried to feed him. Please help! He has only lost 6 grams but he has always been a good eater. Did the vet trip and anesthesia mess him up? Do I need to try live again like when he was a baby!

[Kira]

How often are you offering? Sometimes offering food too often leads to more refusals.

He hasn't lost much weight so try not to stress too much!

[VereMyth]

I don't know if this helps, but try waving it in front of whatever hide he is in. I had to do that with my albino he would not take because he was laying on his head(lol). so I waved it a few times to try and get the scent into the hide then left it. for a few and he bit. Other than that all I can give is what I have seen other people say such as try the hair dryer while being in the room maybe with the enclosure door open to scent it further. Or over the screen top/opening if you have one.

Sorry for not being much help

[Craiga 01453]

I honestly don't know anything about anesthesia so I can't help there.

But, I would imagine he's just doing what BPs do.

How much does he weigh?
How often are you offering?

[Bogertophis]

I'm honestly not aware of anesthesia affecting their appetite, only the stress of the overall vet visit, & it's been more than long enough since, I would think.
Sorta typical for a BP though (how old is he now?) you might try a live fuzzy, see how he reacts?

[pretends2bnormal]

If he has been eating frozen for a while, I wouldn't go to live just yet, unless you want to chance a longer term doing live.

I second Craig and would like to know his age/weight/etc.

If he's over a year or two old or 800+ grams, it is entirely possible he refused a few weeks due to stress and then the breeding switch flipped and he is starting to fast. From my research, even really good eaters can flip that breeding switch one year and fast over winter. (Maybe he smelled a girl at the vet and instinct is kicking in?)

Since you're saying he only lost 6 grams (as long as that isn't a typo), unless he is <200 grams, I don't think that is a big deal at all.

For reference, I bought my adult male Obi right around now last year and he went on a 5 month fast where he accepted at most 1or 2 mice (max 20g each) every month or so for me and nothing else. He dropped from 1,350g when I got him down to around 1,200 before he started taking food reliably again in March. His max weight for me so far was 1,450g (tho I'm betting he didn't get all of his poop done with that weight... he's very tough to get an empty weight on). He averages 1,330-1,370g.

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[Phillydubs]

My advice would be wait another week maybe 2 and don’t stress!

let him get good and hungry.

I was discussing with Craig recently and I truly feel we have all been programmed to feed weekly if they don’t eat they are sick...

i dont subscribe to that and like boas etc I feel feedings need to be spaced especially with age and size.

My boy thunder hit that 1,0000 g plateau and started refusing. Mix in a shed and I was like ahhhhh

then I waited 2 weeks no offering and bam. Since then I’ve offered every 2 weeks and if he’s in shed he’s gone 3 weeks and bam bam no issues.

I think bps get the bad eater rep cause we try to feed to often. If we spaced feedings more and more they would eat better.

[Sonny1318]

I wouldn’t worry just yet, I keep detailed records of how my boys eat. Every now and the I get a couple of refusals. I usually feed every 5 to 6 days, but the only time they are consistent is from late August to late December. From January to May not so much. Then I back off to anywhere from weekly to biweekly. I’m definitely noticing a pattern now especially with my older ones. I also feed jumbo mice, I think a big reason so many stop is over feeding and too large of meals. One of the other members also said this was something he noticed also. I got two of my boys pushing 1600 grams right now (they are both 2014’s). I’m also a tanker, lol. Sometimes balls will be balls. Good luck, hang in there. And always double check everything.

[Coluber42]

Unless he’s a baby or super skinny, I’d give him a few more weeks and try again. Actually, if he’s recovering from an injury, it’s probably just as well that he doesn’t do anything that will pull on it or put pressure on it, which eating might do. And then maybe give him an undersized meal the first time or two just to go easy on the injured area.

[pretends2bnormal]

Unless he’s a baby or super skinny, I’d give him a few more weeks and try again. Actually, if he’s recovering from an injury, it’s probably just as well that he doesn’t do anything that will pull on it or put pressure on it, which eating might do. And then maybe give him an undersized meal the first time or two just to go easy on the injured area.

If I remember correctly from prior posts, the injury/surgery was an attempt to remove fused/retained eye caps, and not something that would otherwise impact eating like stitches or a burn wound. Feeding for those other injuries would certainly be risky, but I think this time it isn't the issue.

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