When you said "maintenance feeding" at first I thought you meant a keeper/breeder who only gives their snakes enough food to live...not to grow. I have received several snakes in this condition and this term was used at the time.



Anyway, I have a "picky feeder" (and never maintenance feed, by the way! I want my snakes to grow! ).



She's maxed out at 15g. She's very small and has poor muscle tone/control. I think there's something else going on in her head, and she's a permanent pet of mine. I was wondering if there may have been a problem during incubation, because she has a very crazy pattern going on (her sides are tiger-like, but she has a bunch of horizontal banding too, like plaid). The rest of the clutch was fine. She's pretty active too.



I've scented with broth, chicken, fish straight from the market, toad, worms, done the paper bag trick (very effective at first by the way), changed her enclosure, given her privacy, covered her, tried every trick in the book (FR, don't hate me for using that term!) and no go. Failure to thrive?



If they're late 2012s I wouldn't give up on her yet. How is her muscle tone? If she's still acting strong she might just be one of those slow growers.



Sorry I can't be of help...good luck with her!
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