Originally Posted by ch312
ive had abby (female about 400g, scale maxed out at 325g a month ago) for about 5-6 months. ive always fed her once a week by taking her out of her hide and putting her in "the feeding corner" and its always worked great.
lately she has been scared of the mice and rats ive tried offering. she will start breathing heavily like usual and sit there like she is going to strike but then if the rodent moves towards her she gets turned off.
its been about a week and a half since she ate last and i was hoping to get some input as to what i should do next.
she just shed 2 days ago, could that have something to do with it?
1 perfect shed from head to the tip of her tail.when i got her she was underweight and had eye caps with a bunch of old skin stuck on her head.
Note, the bold in these quotes is my doing.
So the snake last ate no more than 10 days ago. In that time you've offered three different types of feeding methods AND two different types of prey AND the snake has been in shed?
Likely she's not afraid of prey, she's probably pretty sick of you repeatedly stuffing it in her face while she's in shed and so forth. Not to be mean here, but please give the snake a break. It will not die from missing a week's feeding but continually trying to feed while a snake is in shed and with prey being offered in very different manners and it being different prey types, is not likely to encourage this snake to settle down and eat.
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