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RE: Other advice

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Posted by: markg at Mon Dec 11 12:36:26 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]  
   

Sounds like you've tried everything. Also sounds like this rosy doesn't want to eat. So maybe you should try a different approach. The fact is, the rosy is telling YOU something (by its behavior) and your only response has been to put food in front of it. Something is making the rosy not want food. The restless behavior may be that the rosy is seeking some environmental conditions that it can't find in its cage.

I can't see your setup over the net, nor can I assess the health of the snake by sight, so I'll just have to take your word that it is healthy. Going on that, you might try to cool the snake for a month or more. Dark place (or cover cage) and let the cool side go down to 60 deg (55-65 seems fine.) If you want to leave a small basking spot, that is fine as well.

Offer the cool temps. Observe the snake and see what it is doing. Is it staying on the cool side? If so, perhaps that is what it needs. They do experience cool temps in Winter in the wild, and they do have an internal clock that tells them it is time, along with other cues that we may not entirely understand.

If the snake is sick (I doubt it) then cooling may not be the best idea. But it sounds like the snake is behaving like many of my rosies did this time of year when I tried to not cool them. Good luck.


   

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