I haven't had that experience in my axanthic's. But I do have a albino and a normal that eats sporadically. I have a greater problem with Corns not eating.

I did question my local reptile vet about that problem. And, his response was that it depends on the area the animals originally came from, and the food sources available to them in that area. Example, such as lizards plentiful in one area but not rodents. Or, frogs plentiful but not lizards or rodents. Unless,"we" were "there" for the original capture of the snake's ancestors, there is really no way to determine what foods were available to them so we really can't tell. Further, he says their brains are hard wired invitro as to what was plentiful in "their" area. So,if we are feeding them something that is not familiar to the area they came from, they respond with a weak response to the food being offered. His suggestion was to try lizards or frogs, etc instead and then switch them over to rodents once they eat regularly. ** My hard to feed sands boas took dwarf hamster pinkies like they were candy...then I switched them over. In my collection, my axanthic's are the larger snake of almost all of them.

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