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carl3
at Fri Dec 5 13:08:15 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by carl3 ]
I agree with Amanda E....can not hurt to try smaller food items for your snake. I have two yearlings the same size BUT one will only eat smaller mice. Strange phenomena that I have never seen before, but oh well. When presented with mice that are the appropriate size for a snake his girth/size...she refuses (maybe simply be stressful). MOST snakes are pigs that will eat anything at anysize as long as it smells like a mouse.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH...
KEEP CAREFUL RECORDS ON THIS SNAKE. EVERY DEFECATION, EVERY TIME YOU HAVE TO HANDLE IT (WHICH SHOULD ONLY BE WHEN CLEANING HIS TANK ONCE/TWICE A WEEK TILL HE SETTLES IN or WHEN YOU WEIGH HIM). CHECK HIS WEIGHT OCCASIONALLY TO SEE IF ITS DROPPING. IF IT IS 29 inches THEN IT MUST HAVE EATEN AT SOME POINT TO GROW.lol
good luck, LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
carl3
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IF YOUR SNAKE IS NOT EATING.... - carl3, Fri Dec 5 13:08:15 2003 