Taking your non-feeder for a car ride

[fergie]

Is anybody familiar with this scenaro.

On the UK forum i belong to, certain members have been giving tips to people with snakes on hunger strike, to take their snakes for a jaunt in the car and then try and feed the snake when you return home. Apparently people have had success with this method but i fail to see how it stimulates the snake into a feeding response. Now i can only take people at their word but i am very sceptical of the whole idea.

Usually when a snake goes off it's prey, it's down to stress or a change in the environment etc. Now too me, to take a snake that maybe already stressed out, into a car and drive about for fifteen minutes, with all the scents, vibrations and such. To me this would raise the stress levels of the snake.

Has anybody tried this method with success or have you simply not heard of it.

Cheers
Fergie

[Colin Vestrand]

two people have told me this recently... both claim it actually does work.

[qiksilver]

Never tried it, but have been told it works.

[icygirl]

Can't wait to see this on SnakeBytesTV "Snake Myths, Fact or Fiction!"

[dsirkle]

Never heard of this but maybe it exposes the snake to a different barometric pressure.

[Peter Williams]

Well if that works it could have saved me alot of headaches...

[kjhowland]

What we need is a car seat for snakes

[qiksilver]

Here's an old trick for getting stubborn eaters to feed.

Put her in an appropriately-sized deli cup.

Take her for a nice long car ride. With gas prices these days, don't make a special trip, just include her in somewhere that you need to go. Something about the bumps and motion of a car ride seems to help.

After the road trip, leave her alone for another day (still in the deli).

The following day, offer her a meal - and see what happens.

I have seen many,many, problem feeders become willing feeders after this routine.

quoted from a different online source

[Ginevive]

Maybe I sould try this with my pinhead.. I mean, pinstripe. She is not wanting to eat.. Tried most everything else commonly suggested

[jglass38]

Sounds ridiculous. I don't think there is much logic behind this. Why would a snake that is presumably healthy and is likely stressed (hence not eating) be enticed to eat by a stressful car trip? But whatever works for you!