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markg
at Fri Jan 14 13:50:37 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]
Water bowls are useless for that - a baby snake can dehydrate even if surrounded by water bowls. They need humidity, or water loss prevention, as opposed to standing water. Not saying you shouldn't have water, just saying the snake can still dehydrate. In nature, these snakes do not seek puddles to soak in. They prevent water loss by other methods. Point is, the baby snake may not know to soak itself.
Not all babies react the exact same way. A single condition environmentally is not always reacted to the exact same way.
Of course, the issue may not have to do with humidity at all, but it is a safe and easy thing to try. No harm will be done at all. Baby milks love it. Just do it and see if anything changes.
Could be the snake has something wrong with it internally, could be it will simply start feeding in time, could be low humidity, etc etc. You have exhausted the food choice avenue with no change in the snake's behavior, so your best bet is to change direction. ----- Mark
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