Anorexic Kenyan sand boa
Hi, all!
I have a juvenile Kenyan sand boa that is 4-6 grams and about 7 inches long. She is currently housed on aspen, but as not eaten on her own since I acquired her around the end of November 2010. I started doing assist-feedings in January of this year and managed to get five good meals into her, but I offered live, brained, scented pinks for over a month before force-feeding. Prior to the feedings, she was quite lethargic despite temperatures in the 80s (which I realize is too low, but it was cold winter here), and her muscle tone was poor. She became more active and alert after the feedings and defecated normally. Starting in mid to late February, I was able to raise her temperatures to 95-104F on one end of the tank, and she has still shown no interest in live, scented, brained F/T pinkie mice. I have been thinking about finding some feeder geckos or anoles, but I need some seriously tiny animals as the snake is only able to eat day-old pinkie mice. Do any of you have suggestions as to where I might find a good supplier of feeder geckos/anoles of this size or on the situation in general?
Here she is after eating a pinkie...with help...
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