is this normal? HELP

[spalding11]

thanks.

Yeah, it's quiet, calm. (occasional vacuum) I'm basically the only one who goes in/out of the room, but it's actually in a small room (a little bigger then a closet) and there's a window, so day/night are distinguishable.

i put in one more smaller hide in the middle of the tank, so she doesn't have to choose which temp. and she went right in it. i haven't touched her, but she actually moved hides, so she's ALIVE...

Sunday night is her feeding, she hasn't eaten for ALMOST 2 weeks, should i try it? something tiny? ...or nothing?

[Slim]

Do try feeding her, and continue to offer her food on a regular schedule. She'll come around sooner or later.

[spalding11]

i guess i just have one more question ...ok, two! (FOR NOW) regarding feeding, and opinions on how others do it.

.......if the snake is not active, even after presenting, what now?



......she will not "go after" the mouse, and with all my clutter for comfort, the mouse has MANY escape hiding places, they almost are the the batmen of mice. what now?


thanks for your support...i hope she eats

[Slim]

i guess i just have one more question ...ok, two! (FOR NOW) regarding feeding, and opinions on how others do it.

.......if the snake is not active, even after presenting, what now?



......she will not "go after" the mouse, and with all my clutter for comfort, the mouse has MANY escape hiding places, they almost are the the batmen of mice. what now?


thanks for your support...i hope she eats

If the snake isn't active after presenting, I can't imagine she'll be eating that day. Throwing the mouse in there after she's shown no interest could cause stress...especially if the mouse runs into her hide.

If she won't chase it down, and the mouse is running into a hiding place, you can try using tongs. Grasp the mouse by the nape of the neck and offer it to your BP that way. I wouldn't do it by the tail though. Causes a lot of stress on the mouse, and you don't want a pissed off mouse with it's business end pointing at your snake. I know it's only a mouse, but they can draw blood.

[spalding11]

I've tried the nape of the neck thing w/ long feeding tongs, but she does the same smell, and look, and do nothing more...

i appreciate your guys help, my camera is charged, so I'm gonna go take pictures of the tank and post 'em.

thanks all!

[mechnut450]

about how old is the bp ( size and weight wise ) I know some of the older ( over a years old will go off feed during breeding time 0 but if this s a young bp, were you get it,show local shop, or a private breeder. I read about how some of the shadey breeder will sell snakes that not even eating yet at some shows.

I see it had 2 meals of fuzy mice so i taking it a smalller snake.. I also watch for signs of shedding the blueing (dulling ) of the skin and in some cases pinking of the belly it totally possible she getting ready for a shed cycle and it just taking a long time.

I also try offering the food item late in the day/evening . I got one snake that won't eat until after full dark if you put food in during the day will just ingore it but if you drop the food in after dark watch out the inhale the meal.. if you got a scale for weighting I keep track of her weight, and not panick until you see about 20% lost of weight .. ( if it about 60 grams don't worry until get below 40 grams.) I would after that point consult either a vet or an experience breeder . for possible forcing ( after a vet checked for parasites ) this not something to take lightly as the force feeding is stressful for both parties. It something i had to do to a hatchling but I waited until it lost about 1/2 it weight before hand(not eating, I hated spending 30 mintues to get a single small mouse ( pinkie rat) into ir gut) and it now a slammer of rodents ..

[DutchHerp]

Just on a side note...

I've had no response with pre-scenting but the snakes still destroyed the feeder item...

[spalding11]

she is a late october '08 pastel baby weighing about 3 weeks after i got her, and one fuzzy mouse full 160 grams. i haven't weighed her recently because i'm not touching her...

she doesn't look extremely skinny yet.

she had a perfect shed in the bag that she was shipped in, so her last shed was about a month and a half ago, she still has the eye caps from tht shed because i read that they'll come off on their own, and i don't wanna stress her out more, you know?
but i haven't noticed any signs of shedding..

i got her from a private breeder, well-known and loved (8 ball) so it DEFINENTLY wasn't a breeder issue...

[stratus_020202]

Did you try different kinds of mice?? I've read they can be picky. Different colors vs white, female vs male. Maybe she's ready for an upgrade to a hopper. I tried pinkies for two weeks before i figured out my snake wasn't eating because she preferred fuzzies. lol. For the first time my snake wouldn't eat if i was standing right there. I had to duck around a corner. She's more used to me being around now. I also read some people feed their hatchlings straight off of hoppers. It's worth a try. Good luck!!

[dsmalex97]

I would get him out of that tank if I were you. My one pasyel displayed fairly odd behavior when I had her in an aquaium. Taking food items sometimes, and sometimes not. Hiding outside her hides, stuff like that. I also used a heat lamp, not UTH's. I'm not sure if you use UTH's or not, but I highly suggest using them. I would get a 15QT tub, maybe a 28QT sterilite tub, flexxwatt heat tape/heat pad, and a reptile themostat. As soon as I transfered mine over after about 1 week she was eating every week. Also make sure you get some kind of thermometer with a probe, accurite makes a 3in1(hygro,thermo,probe). I don't know if that IS deff the prob, but I know my snakes deff like the tub set up better. Take the "clutter" out too. Just offer two hides at most on the hot and cool side, and a water dish and all is well.