We have a male Anery Kenyan Sand Boa that is over a year old and has stopped feeding. He has always ate great for us and normally would feed every 5-7 days. One day he just refused food and has not shown any interest since then. He has been through at least one shed cycle and it has been a month or more since he last fed. Any help here to get him feeding again would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to all of you for looking and helping with this problem.
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Yearling male Sand Boa won't eat anymore
rapture_reptiles
Aug 03, 2006 07:49 PM
Replies (2)
althea
Aug 09, 2006 01:39 AM
Male sand boas can be "funny" when it comes to feeding. My current male eats perhaps four times per year if I'm lucky. He's small, but healthy and sires gorgeous big babies. Sometimes he'll only take one f/t mouse fuzzy--other times he wants five! Most times he wants none, but I've learned that it's just his quirky way. He definately doesn't eat once the girls are ready to breed! I offer him food every week. Another male I had ate sporadically once he was about two years old.
If your temps and husbandry are good and there are no female boids sending him phermonal messages in the area, perhaps he is just coming of age. If you feel he is losing weight, this probably warrants a visit to the vet for a fecal exam. Microscopic creepy-crawlies are rampant during warm months, and can create havoc in digestive tracts.
Best of luck with the little guy!
rgds,
althea
reptilicus81
Oct 13, 2006 04:30 PM
I have the same problem with my '04 male anery. He was 75 grams when we got him last April and is down to 55 grams now. He hasn't touched a meal! I have a little '05 female who we got in April as well who was 22 grams, and is now just about his size. What is funny is that my male dumerils boa had gone almost as long as the sand boa with out eating....turns out he is not a rodent eater, he only eats chicks! I guess that is why I got him for so cheap. My anery though will not touch any sort of mouse or rat!
He his is with my little female (he's the bigger one)!
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6.15 Normal ball pythons
2.0 Pastel ball pythons
1.0 Plains Garter
0.1 Normal Kenyan Sand Boa
1.1 Anery Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Mid-Baja Rosy Boa
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat
1.2 Dumeril's Boa
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*Amy*
