Quote Originally Posted by Bcycling View Post
Ok so I am asking this questions just because I want an answer. Yes I have a snake on a hunger strike but am nowhere near worried about him.

So so I read on here all the time, "my snake stopped eating, what do I do?" The answer is always that's what ball pythons do. I totally agree with that. Had one male go 6 months last year and now he is slamming everything I can toss at him. Everyone also says I wouldn't worry if he looks healthy. Also, read a few times never for or assist feed an adult ball. So here is my hypothetical question. What if an adult snake was on a hunger strike and started to lose a lot of weight. At what point do you do something and what do you do?

Just st kind of always wondered what I would go if I had one go let's say a year and start dropping weight.
I don't wait any certain amount of time for my animals before assessing and fixing what can be fix, but than again my animals rarely fast as well.

First thing is that I feed smaller preys once weekly and skip a meal every now and than.

Second I make sure their husbandry is optimum, not drop in temps especially in the winter) etc. During breeding season I house males in enclosure smaller than the usual to ensure they will keep feeding during the season. Bedding might be switch as well.

Third patience everything is optimum, the animal is healthy and we'll hydrated that is all you can do.

The only trick I use for animals that fast without any particular reason even after everything has been tried is a car trip, I put the snake in a snake bad and go for an hour ride, and it works.

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