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HappyHillbilly
at Thu Mar 27 07:22:12 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]
Hi there!
I've got a hunch that something's not quite right in your setup. Good husbandry leads to a healthy snake, a healthy snake will eat you out of house & home. Now, I'm assuming that you've tried feeding it a live rat recently instead of F/T but it still won't eat.
If you'll tell us what your hot end & cool end temps are, along with the humidity level within the cage we can make sure we're all in the same ballpark.
Some snakes lose appetite with an RI and some don't. The RI, if still present, could be a factor. As far as "the season" being a factor, if you're referring to breeding season, it's not very likely due to the size and assumed age (2yrs old?) of your Burmese Python.
Depending on the setup, a humidifier in the room might help but it's the humidity within the cage that's the most important.
As far as getting it switched from live to F/T, most Burmese Pythons are fairly easy to convert, but not all. I've got a "problem child" myself that I'm still trying to get switched over. A 4yr old male that went 6 - 7 months without eating during breeding season last year but still refused F/T as his first meal, and refused it again two weeks later. I caved in and gave him live and I couldn't put 'em in there fast enough for him (gobble, gobble).
It's been just over 6 months since he's ate due this breeding season and he surprised the heck out of me last night by readily taking two F/T rats right from the start. But that was it, he wanted nothing to do with 3rd, or 4th, and he's still hungry. I'm going to try to outlast him this time, though. He didn't get any live rats last night.
My breeding female switched to F/T years ago, without a hitch. In fact, I believe she'd try to eat one that was still frozen.
Don't give up on getting it switched over, sooner or later it will happen, though I'm still waiting after nearly 4 years. Ha!
Post your temps & humidity levels and let's see what's going on.
Have a good one!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
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RE: Out of Ideas, need some advice - HappyHillbilly, Thu Mar 27 07:22:12 2008