make sure your temperatures are correct. if the snake can not get hot enough their metabolism will slow drastically and this could be your problem.

make sure they have hides. many snakes will not eat if they dont feel safe, which is where hides come in to the picture.

if none of this works try differnt prey items. a mouse if using a rat, or a colored prey item if using a white one. some animals can be picky eaters.

i would suggest using pre killed or frozen thawed and if you need to, use thongs to move the prey item around.

dont attempt feeding days in a row, give them a break in between trys of at least a few days.

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• not eating - deadlyjokers, Sun Nov 13 23:44:32 2005
• i'm having the same nightmares - patrick12354, Mon Nov 14 01:47:31 2005
• RE: i'm having the same nightmares - jayf, Mon Nov 14 10:34:32 2005
• RE: i'm having the same nightmares - deadlyjokers, Mon Nov 14 15:08:58 2005
• RE: i'm having the same nightmares - jayf, Mon Nov 14 15:37:54 2005
• RE: i'm having the same nightmares - patrick12354, Mon Nov 14 21:05:36 2005
• RE: i'm having the same nightmares - jayf, Mon Nov 14 21:23:13 2005
• RE: still having problems - deadlyjokers, Wed Nov 16 19:19:29 2005
• RE: still having problems - jayf, Wed Nov 16 20:55:37 2005
• RE: still having problems - deadlyjokers, Wed Nov 16 22:18:26 2005
• RE: still having problems - jayf, Wed Nov 16 23:19:58 2005
• RE: still having problems - deadlyjokers, Wed Nov 16 23:48:44 2005