slurry?

[jeffh231979]

Is there a slurry that people use when they have a ball that wont eat? MY spider female wont eat and i want to get some kinda of nutirion. I got her as a problem feeder the owner that had her before said he had to force feed her 90% of the time..

[Freakie_frog]

Is there a slurry that people use when they have a ball that wont eat? MY spider female wont eat and i want to get some kinda of nutirion. I got her as a problem feeder the owner that had her before said he had to force feed her 90% of the time..

First things first.. what are you feeding her, Mice, rats, live, FT ??

[jeffh231979]

sorry i am feeding mice i have tried f/t and live nothing!!

[southb]

First thing I would do is try to find out why it's not eatting. Do you have a hide? Is the humidity right? Does the animal have mites and if it is a wild caught has it been treated internally? The only animals I've seen refuse food were not being kept in the way they needed to be. Same thing with regurge. A friend of mine said all his snakes regurge from time to time, so I took a few home and after one month I hadn't seen a problem at all with them and after giving them back to him he started having his same problems again. I'd check and recheck your temps, humidity, etc and go from there. On a side note, I know some people force feed their animals but I believe it does more harm than good.

[jeffh231979]

yes he has a hide temps humidity etc etc are all good i dont wanna force feed him at all

[Slim]

Force feeding with a tube is an absolute last resort. How much weight has he lost since he's been in your care? Does he still have any muscle tone? Is his spine very prominent?

[jeffh231979]

she is an 08 in fact dob is 09/16/08 I got her at 110 grams she is about 90 grams now spine is not showing yet but her belly around the throat area is starting to sink in

[Kaorte]

There are many other options you can try before resorting to force feeding.

What are your temps, how are you measuring them? What kind of setup does she have? Does she have two hides?

What methods of feeding have you tried? Have you tried leaving a F/T mouse in overnight? Have you tried the zombie mouse dance? Have you tried prekilled? Have you tried prescenting?

Where do you feed her?

[Toronto Python Gurus]

she is an 08 in fact dob is 09/16/08 I got her at 110 grams she is about 90 grams now spine is not showing yet but her belly around the throat area is starting to sink in

is she is losing weight thats a problem you definately need to get her checked out!

[Slim]

I know she's a CB, but is there any way she could have internal parasites?