He has an under the tank heater that keeps him at 85. he gets fresh water every day. he is fed frozen mice previously the reptile store that had him was feeding him live and when i bought him he had a bunch of scars on his face and upper body he was afraid of even the dead mice when i tried to feed him . Ive offered him large mice and small rats he was eating medium rats before he randomly stopped eating about the time he stopped eating was normal brumation season until it wasnt and he didnt start eating like our other snakes did
I thaw his food in a nice warm cup of water like the packaging says to do
he never had a problem eating before. The normal routine for feeding is the following:
- I wait until it is night when he is more active
- I place him in a clean feeding aquarium
- I tempt him with mouse like normal
As I said, in the past this system worked fine. he would coil, strike and wrap his coils around the mouse, then eat. Now he just explores the aquarium a little, he seems very disinterested in even looking at the mouse.
Handling is not a problem. He has never tried to bite me. I will hold him and he will slither up my arm and explore whatever area we sit in.
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