Feeding questions

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Hi Deborah! So I actually ended up getting some live pinkies ... first day I left the pinky overnight, she didn't eat. Next day moved her to a pencil case (smaller than her container), poked some holes, put the pinky in, covered it so it's dark, all day, still no eating. Placed them back in her own container yesterday. Just checked, still has not eaten. I think at this point I may just take her to the vet. If she doesn't even take a live pinky .. will she even bother with reptilinks?

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I have seen animals refusing everything and taking reptilinks. Now keep in mind that if you offer that often (everyday) she will definitely not make progress, doing so you basically are stressing her even more.

Vet have little to NO hand on with snakes when it comes to feeding habits and will usually start talking about X-ray, blood test etc. They merely have experience with larger snakes, with that species and that size it is not likely that you will find someone with any knowledge at all.

Update.. so she actually attacked the pinky.. she had it in her mouth.. but spit it back out. (possibly I scared her? She's on top of my dresser and as I was getting clothes out the dresser did make a noise from closing the drawer so not sure if she felt that) I put a shirt over her enclosure to give her privacy just now. Hopefully by tonight when I check she has eaten.

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It's possible they can get startled very easily remember she is very small it does not take much.