Still hasn't eaten for me.Originally Posted by Phillydubs
I was going to offer tonight, but he definitely looks like he's going into shed...was definitely not in the mood to deal with me when I was checking his humidity and temps.
Last week I offered a f/t, 1 day old chick. Waited until around 9pm, as usual. Warmed up with hair dryer (in the same room), temp gun to confirm temp, brained it, offered it to him as he hid inside his hide. I offer the food from an angle so that he can't see me, as the hide is facing the wall. I moved it around directly outside the hide entrance, and he struck it (defensively?). Warmed it again and did the same routine, and nothing. Left it in the spot overnight, nothing.
Temps are good, humidity is at around 85% right now.
When I'm warming the feeders up, he definitely doesn't beg or show interest like my other snakes do. But they take food without any need for coercion. I just don't want to stress him out if his reactions are purely defensive, which they seem to be. Maybe it's my approach, or because he was getting ready to go into shed.
I do wonder if he might need a live rat fuzzy (or the like) to get him kick-started. He's still young, so I do worry about him not eating. Haven't had to offer live before, but I'll do it if it means he'll eat. But, maybe he'll have an appetite after he sheds. I guess we'll see.
(Deleted the picture because I scrolled back and saw I had already posted it.)
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