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eunectes4
at Mon Apr 26 14:19:00 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by eunectes4 ]
Things are probably ok but with anacondas you can have a huge number of reasons they are not eating. Keep the handling to none and conditions you obviously always keep perfect. But if you are feeding live rats..the anaconda can actually be afraid in captivity and back off, if it is f/t it might not be ready to take them yet. It could always be it simply does not want a rat, in which you can always try other types of food. But I think that odds are if you are feeding a f/t or p/k rat and it opens its mouth, you will get it to eat that..but if you are the one giving it to the snake...it sees you and does not want to see you since you are bigger and a threat (is this a cb or wc animal?). make sure lights are off and you can even leave a dead rat in over night. I never have much luck with that for any of my snakes so I would use tongs from an angle the snake can't see you, after it takes just leave and let it do the work. Post and let us know what you have tried as far as food and how it is presented. If the eyes have not gone "blue" yet but they are just starting to cloud..we can expect to hear from you in a couple weeks. Not only do you have a way to go in the shed cycle but after you clean the shed out of the cage you should give the snake another day before offering food (not something you have to do...but i would since i have found they are more likely to take food the day after a shed than the day of the shed)
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RE: feeding 9' ananconda - eunectes4, Mon Apr 26 14:19:00 2004