I have very little experience with problem feeder burms because quite frankly all of my burmese always eat great. So this is very odd indeed. I have force fed other species in the past but this is a very risky practice and should not be performed unless absolutely necessary. You see, the subsequent stress often has more negative effect on the snake than the force fed nutrients offer as positive benefit. Unless performed very professionally by a true expert, like a zoo herp or a vet that specializes in reptiles, the snake being force fed usually will not survive very long. It sounds like you probably know what you are doing, and it certainly sounds like he needs it, but he should get onto taking food asap all the same. Usually fuzzy mice stimulate a young python to eat when left in the cage overnight or in a paper bag with the snake repeatedly. They are too young to do the snake any damage and will survive through the night and can be returned to their mother if they are not eaten the next day. Other than that, I really don't know what else to say. Best of luck with your little guy there and certainly try chicks like Bill suggested. Who knows, it could work.
>>Hello there chaps,
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>>I haven´t been on the forum for a while, but I would like a bit of advice.
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>>I have a one-year old Burm, Sajid, who has been force-fed since he was born as he has never wanted to eat. I've tried all sorts of methods, as well as a varied "menu", i.e., differenmt coloured mice, rat pups, young rats, etc... and he just doesn´t want to know. He sniffs them and digs his snout into them (you know what I mean, yeah?) but he won´t eat them. I also took him to a vet about six months' ago, who found him in perfect health (no respiratory infections, mouth rot, internal parasites, etc.) despite this anorexia of his, and he gave him some vitamin and steriod jabs, but to no avail. So, I've just continued force-feeding him. He is very small (all his family are tiny, his albino brother is one year old, eats normally, and is only just over one metre long). He is just under one metre long, by the way.
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>>Anyway, I'm rabitting on far too much here, so I'll just get to the point. Someone recommended that I give him some more steroid and vitamin injections (the vet only gave him a couple) in order to "stimulate his appetite". As I live in Venezuela (though I'm a Brit, case you hadn´t guessed) where most people hate snakes and kill them mercilessly, I don´t know who to ask. Is this a good idea?
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>>Does anyone have any advice?
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