New addition- Dumerils- concerned!!!

[OsirisRa32]

Update....

YAY POOP!!!! LOL and two of them...one small and the other good sized relative to him....gonna try feeding next week.

[Evenstar]

Sounds like he's doing ok. Let us know how he feeds. If he eats well, I think he's fine.

[rocknhorse76]

That's good news. Remember, Dumeril's "pee" a lot more than most other snakes. My male makes a mess of his hide boxes all the time.....like miniature tan colored cow pies lol.

[ashteroid]

Yay! Glad to see he pooped. So no more bloating?
Don't worry about price. I got a 2011 female for 70$ and a 2012 female for 40$. The 40$ is very light and peachy colored too. Both were in perfect health, but both were fed live. It was a pain to switch them to ft.
Personally... my dumerils are greedy and will only eat HUGE rats only. Forget small sized rats. Forget any size mouse. Haha picky.

[hypnotixdmp]

Updated picture maybe? lol

[OsirisRa32]

Sorry..work and summer school have kept me off of here....update....refused a small live mouse....gonna try F/T mouse next week or a tiny rat....he seems to be doing ok....prefers snuggling under his hides to truly burrowing like I though he might end up getting into doing...bloat is down...pooping/peeing regularly...still seems to have some in him but Im just thankful he seems to be functioning correctly...now if he would just eat!! lol

ill try and get a new pic or two up in the next week!

Thanks for all the help/info/advice!

[OsirisRa32]

Hey any advice or help would be appreciated....the new dums...is doing well and has shed but still wont eat....any tricks? I know they can be a bit more picky or hard to get to eat?

Thanks guys!

[Evenstar]

Hey any advice or help would be appreciated....the new dums...is doing well and has shed but still wont eat....any tricks? I know they can be a bit more picky or hard to get to eat?

Thanks guys!

I don't remember if you've said yet, but how long have you had him?? It took my baby Dum a month to eat for me. They can be hard to get started, but once they do, they are terrific feeders. But be patient. Suki was a pain in the butt for me.

One thing that's been mentioned and I found worked for me, was offering a larger prey size. Dums frown on things too small..... LoL!

[OsirisRa32]

Ive had him two months...offered F/T and live furries and small mice..wouldnt take any of either and shied away from both....was thinking of trying rats....

[Evenstar]

Yes, try a rat. Sometimes it really does make a difference. My Dum refused rats but took the mouse when I finally offered it to her as a last resort. Maybe yours will do the same but opposite....