Hard to say why your hondo isn't feeding right now but there's a couple possibilities.

Males typically go into a breeding frenzy in the spring and feed either not at all for a couple months or very irregularly - maybe every 2 weeks - and usually take only very small sized pinks.

Try smearing some mouse brain on the body of a thawed pink and leave a couple in the cage overnight.



Temperature is important for a milk and your snake would prefer to have a 78-82 degree warm spot for digesting.



Hondos like a place to hide and inside the hide is usually where they prefer to feed when they're small.



Live food will often trigger a feeding response in tropical milks and a couple small pinky mice left in the hide might be the stimulus to get the snake started. Be sure to leave only pinky mice in the cage overnight, fuzzy and larger can (and do) chew on snakes.



Double check the temps

provide a hide

brain a couple thawed pinks

offer a live pink or two

be sure the snake has peace and quiet



If this doesn't get some result in the next 2 weeks, post again in the main forum and we'll scratch our heads a bit more.....Jeff

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• i need help - kennethjmullins, Tue Mar 11 00:55:10 2008
• RE: i need help - Jeff Hardwick, Wed Mar 12 23:42:31 2008