>>One of my male's last meal was two weeks before I brumated him back in November. He has still been refusuing food. He has shrunk considerably. When can I expect him to start eating again? 5 months just seems like a crazy long time to not eat. If mating season does not end until may, he may not eat for 7 months. I offer food all the time, even keep him in a container over night with it. He is not deathly skinny, or anything, but what is the max time until I should start to worry and maybe even force feed? I will try the feeding tricks that I use for hatchling before force feeding, of course. I just want to know if 5 months or more is normal. My other male that is still refusing food did not start brumation until late december and he is still looking good.

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wow, five months is a long time.

Five or six weeks to a couple of months, I probably wouldn't be too worried but that seems to be getting to the point where weight could start to drop quickly.

I have never dealt with a non-feeding adult but I would assume that a lot of the same tricks used to get hatchlings started might work to get adults feeding.

I think I would start looking at some of these options.

I would also go with smaller prey.

Maybe try something like a live fuzzie to begin with.

Then maybe try scenting a live fuzzie if a normal one doesn't work and just work from there

I have read that deer mice seem to do well at getting snakes to eat but I have no real idea where you would find them.

Hopefully someone with more experience in non-feeding adults can go into more specifics.

Good luck
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