He still didn't eat! I let him get situated in his new setup for a couple days, then did as doug suggested...offerred a pinkie at night by putting its head right in the notch of his hide. he didnt respond, so i left it. after about a minute, he came out of the hide, went right past the pinkie, and for the next hour and a half proceeded to roam every square inch of the tank, being very active. he even climbed up to the top of the tank and fell back down a few times. after about a half hour of roaming the tank, he came back to the pinkie, and actually held it in its mouth horizontally, kind of like the way a dog does with a bone. he moved it with his mouth about an inch, then stuck his head up in the air and appeared to yawn. (not sure if snakes yawn, but it certainly looked like a yawn) well i woke up this morning and the pinkie was still there, and my snake was sitting in the back of the tank, outside of the hides.

i ordered a bottle of "lizard maker" lizard scent from overseas. ive heard this can help. do you guys have any experience with lizard scents? if not, what else should i do!? the 1 month mark for not eating is approaching. help!

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• problem feeding young snake - zpops, Wed Jan 30 03:06:55 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - tspuckler, Wed Jan 30 07:05:41 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - zpops, Wed Jan 30 12:58:57 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - tspuckler, Wed Jan 30 15:26:49 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - DMong, Wed Jan 30 20:20:04 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - zpops, Wed Jan 30 21:55:19 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - tspuckler, Thu Jan 31 07:05:58 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - zpops, Thu Jan 31 13:46:08 2008
• If I may suggest something - DMong, Thu Jan 31 14:06:22 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - tspuckler, Thu Jan 31 15:50:29 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - zpops, Thu Jan 31 21:03:37 2008
• now your cookin' with gas! - DMong, Thu Jan 31 21:16:21 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - tspuckler, Fri Feb 1 07:09:53 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - zpops, Sun Feb 3 14:00:14 2008
• RE: problem feeding young snake - balisong, Sun Feb 3 18:33:16 2008