>>so it's been moved for awhile now. i gave it a couple of tight caves and lots of plants, but now it doesn't seem to want to eat. i even tried putting it into a bag with the food to isolate it, but nothing. i'm going to assume that it is wild caught. it's first meal for me was a rat pinky. it doesn't seem to want anything to do with fuzzies at all, could the hair be a problem? any advice would be awesome. thanks


Scooter, first I'd repost this question as a new post, so everyone will see it as a new strand. Second, it's hard to answer questions like this because there's usually not enough info. Where'd you get the snake; what kind of feeding info did you get, schedule, etc; did the seller say it was w/c or cbb?

Ok, was the rat pinky it ate (about two weeks ago?) live or dead? It makes a difference for a couple reasons. First, your snake might not like one or the other. Second, you don't want to hurry your snake. Moellendorffi is active in early morning usually, sometimes in early evening. You could leave a live prey item overnight and the snake could come out under darkness or come out early in the morning to get it. If I was feeding a dead mouse I would put it out for the snake early, like 6am, and let the snake decide if it wants to eat it. However, if it doesn't, you will probably have to toss that mouse.

These snakes are very security conscious and nervous. They probably won't eat on demand. If you do want to separate your snake from its cage, Id put it in a suitable plastic container with the prey item, maybe for an hour or two, if necessary. If it won't eat the dead (f/t) item, I'd switch to the live mouse in a suitable container. I'd use a small, fuzzy or less, size mouse. Put it in a container it can't get out of, but the snake can get into, such as an empty gal. jug. Let the snake find it on its own time. If the snake doesn't want to play this game, maybe its just not hungry, and you might have to consider some other possibilities, like maybe it wants to brumate for awhile, or maybe it's not happy with your setup, etc.

Good luck and Happy New Year....TC

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