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Oilfan94
at Tue Jun 17 10:08:33 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Oilfan94 ]
First off, make sure that your snake has a comfortable home. Temperature gradient and some places to hide are very important.
Pinkies and fuzzies are too small for your snake. He could probably take a hopper or adult. It's good that you are trying to feed frozen/thawed. Try changing the water with warm/hot tap water just before you take the mouse out. This way the mouse will seem to have body heat...which is one way the snake knows that it is food. Move the mouse around with tongs or some other long pinching tool. If that does not work, try leaving the mouse with the snake over night.
There are other tricks to get him to eat a frozen/thawed mouse. If he really won't eat them, a last resort is to offer live prey. If you do this, I suggest using a live fuzzy (too small to bite) and offering a thawed hopper right after he eats the live one.
good luck and keep the handling to a bare minimum until he is comfortable and eating.
>>I got him a week and 1/2 ago, i've tried feeding 3 times now and i've had no success.I think he hasn't eaten since he was born. He's just over a foot long. i tried feeding him a pinkie and 2 fuzzies using a warm bowl to thaw out the mice. How long should i thaw out the mouse and is there any tricks to try for feeding ? i can his skin from the back has little wrinkles, does that mean weight loss ? other than that, he's an active snake always climbing and flickering his tongue. any suggestions would be great ! thx
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