A few questions first. Are you feeding live, f/t, or prekilled or stunned? Are you feeding rats (if not get some because most prefer rats)? What did the previous owner get this animal to eat? Is she wild caught? How did the previous owner feed her? Has she ever eaten for you? How long have you had her and how long since she has eaten? You can see if the snake is constipated because they will look bloated neat the vent. Does she look bloated there? You said she doesn't like her hide box, what kind do you have? She might want a different hide, and this is very important. If she can't feel comfortable in her hide she will be a stressed snake, and that could be your problem too. Get 2 new hide boxes, small enough so that she can touch the sides when she's in there. If that still doesn't work make opaque humidity bins, make two of those and put them one on each side, alongside the hides. Some snakes prefer the humidity bin to anything else.


We got her in april, and she has eaten once for us (a live, albino rat... since you mentioned, that was the only albino we had, may have to buy and try another). The people who had her before us fed live and stunned, and the people who had her before him fed f/t and dangled it with tongs, but the most previous owner had no success with that. She was produced by Kahl in 96', so not wild caught. She hasn't eaten in about 4 weeks, but readily ate her first meal 5 days after we recieved her, then shed right after. She's not constipated, she deficated about a week and a half after her last meal. Right now her hide is the top cover of a large litter box (we couldn't find a regular hide large enough for her). Next week her new cage is coming in, a boaphile hide combo (hoping she'll like the hide in that better). She has 80 degrees on her cool side, 85-88 in the rest of the cage, and a 92 basking spot. Thanks a lot for the advice, we'll definately try those out!.
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0.1 Het Albino
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