3 weeks not eating

[starmom]

It could just be the picture for sure, which is why I asked if I was seeing it correctly.
IF the snake is saggy due to lack of food, I am hoping that Becky will jump in with her recommendations.... They go something like this: small snake = small tub. 16qt is my guess. Paper substrate. One tiny hide for the snake and one water bowl. Flex watt and a thermostat to regulate the flex watt. Place tub in a very quiet and non-traffic area of the house. Leave alone for a week. Go on stealth mode and in the dark pre-scent with a live mouse for 30 minutes to an hour. Tippy toe into the enclosure area with a teenie flashlight. Place mouse in tub. Tippy toe out of room. The snake should eat.

Really, I have a problem child who is getting back on track by following SantanicIntentions (Becky's) advice. You could always pm her for further information and clarification

[steve42683]

i posted another piic on the page 2 of the thread that u may have missed with different lighting and angle

[butters!]

from the pic you i can clearly see its very under weight.i think you should try a LIVE hopper mouse or a fuzzy at night time.and again i stress covering up some of the ground space with newspaper

[steve42683]

i planed on getting a live tomorrow and i could try feeding tomorrow night in the meantime i'm gonna get it off the floor and as for the newspaper i'm worried about changing his enclosure again before he eats b/c of stress he's already moved from a rubbermaid to this enclosure which was changed last week b/c i needed another hide and to ditch the lighting, as for the newspaper i don't have any (don't get the paper) but if i get some do i just ball some up and cover just part of the enclosure or cover the whole thing still kind of skeptical on changing it right now though.

[butters!]

just put enough in there to cover up a lil bit of that open space.as for the change it will reduce the stress not add to it

[cinderbird]

i planed on getting a live tomorrow and i could try feeding tomorrow night in the meantime i'm gonna get it off the floor and as for the newspaper i'm worried about changing his enclosure again before he eats b/c of stress he's already moved from a rubbermaid to this enclosure which was changed last week b/c i needed another hide and to ditch the lighting, as for the newspaper i don't have any (don't get the paper) but if i get some do i just ball some up and cover just part of the enclosure or cover the whole thing still kind of skeptical on changing it right now though.

If he's stressed, he is not going to eat. it is absolutely in the best interest of the animal for you to change the husbandry first and THEN feed, not the other way around.

Put him back in the rubbermaid (assuming its small, 16 quarts or so) with a single hide, water dish and leave him alone. Make sure you have him on heat tape or UTH with a thermostat and let him settle. Its probably a combination of things mostly due to stress that he isnt eating.

And as for the PAM, like I said before, there are multiple websites to get it from. I live in NY state and ran into the same problem. No, it may not be the right thing to do but I had to do what was best for my snake.