Bingo! Your snake's been sick, most likely had numerous injections to get rid of that RI, would be stressed at this point and stressed snakes do not eat. Follow up with your vet and make sure first off that the RI is completely and utterly gone. This will likely involve another culture to confirm this to be the case. You said she ate on March 20th then I'm assuming the RI was diagnosed and the treatments began. It's only April 27th therefore barely over a month since the last successful feed (if I'm getting the timeline right here).Originally Posted by KIBPLOVER
Personally I'd set this snake up in a very small enclosure, with temps and humidity bang on, plain newspaper substrate, appropriate hides and a small water dish. I'd put the snake's enclosure in the quietest area of your home where there is little foot traffic or noise/vibrations. Add in a bunch of scrunched up newspaper which will encourage the snake to feel safe and unexposed.
Typical small BP enclosure (you can even go smaller)....
With the newspaper added in....
Acu-Rite to properly monitor temps and humidity (see it set up in the first photo)....
Typical hides we use for the 06 babies....just a small dark cereal bowl from the dollar store....they love being scunched in there...many will use the hole to hunt from....snakes that feel safe and secure are more likely to eat....
Let the poor thing destress with little to no interaction with you for a week or two, just very basic cage maintainence, water changes, no handling or attempts to feed. Then pick a night after dark, pre-scent the room with her favorite prey and try a feed. Make sure the prey is not overly large for her, better to start small and let her digestive process kick back in slowly.
That's what I'd do if she were mine (along with another vet consult of course to medically assess her and check that the RI is truly gone).
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