Corn not eating.... "playing" with food...

[icygirl]

So for the past three weeks, my corn (who is normally a fantastic eater) has been refusing food. He takes the f/t mouse and drags it around his enclosure for a long time, but doesn't eat! It's almost like a kid pushing his veggies around on his plate cause he won't eat them... Any suggestions on how to get him to eat? It's the same mice that he's been eating for months now, and I'm thawing it the same, etc....

[wilomn]

Sounds like someone is lookin for love....

Give him a week or two and then try him again.

Or, better yet, take him where the women snakes are and let him sew some wild oats.

He'll be back to normal in no time if you do, in a few weeks if you don't.

So long as he isn't losing a lot of weight, don't worry about him.

I am assuming he is an adult, not a baby.

[Blue Apple Herps]

Ditto to wiloman. If he's an adult, or even sub adult, its probably due to him wanting to breed. You could also try putting him in a separate container and feeding him in the closet, and not watch him, maybe you watching him is stressing him out and causing him not to eat. But my guess is that its just that time of year.

[icygirl]

Whew, thanks to you both. Yes, he is an adult; he weighed about 600g at the end of February, and is a few years old now. I will take a weight on him tonight or tomorrow, and make sure he's not losing weight.

[blackcrystal22]

Whew, thanks to you both. Yes, he is an adult; he weighed about 600g at the end of February, and is a few years old now. I will take a weight on him tonight or tomorrow, and make sure he's not losing weight.

When you feed him, turn out the lights, leave the room, and come back in an hour or two.

Watching him with the lights on may be making him nervous as well.

The breeding thing is also a high possibility, as it is corn season. :]

[Racerh]

i have the same problem before. my corn just dragged its prey (looking like a kid that stole candy and running very fast) around his enclosure, then leave it. my suggestion is try to raise the temp a little higher or try to offer him after a week. also try feeding him in a dark warm room and leave him and the FT prey there for half day.

[stormwulf133]

My boy Jareth does this every single year without fail. Boys will be boys?