I got a tangerine hondo(about 2 months maybe)at the NARBC in Chicago this fall when it came to town. I got several other reptiles including a very naughty nic. boa. Every animal that I have is eating great except for the honduran. I fed him 1 week after the show and he did not eat. The second week home he ate a f/t pink with no issue. Every other week since I have tried feeding him but nothing works. I have tried to seperate him in a tub to feed, fed him in his own enclosure, I rubbed a pink all over my leo and her shed skin(and also my beardie). I also tried a live pink which he saw but did not eat. I am kind of at a loss since my room always stays at about 78-80 degrees. I am sure there is some flux in temps but not that much. I also cut the pinks head open but he still refuses. He is doing great is very active when I change the water that he sits under. Can anyone shed some light on this. I know he could be going into a hibernation but he's so young.
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Honduran won't eat
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I've had some hatchling Honduran's in the past that would eat a frozen/thawed pink one or two times intially after their first shed after hatching, then totally refuse ANYTHING afterwards, be it brained, anole scented, whtever for many weeks on end. This gets aggravating since I have a thousand or more F/T rodents in the freezer, but I had to say screw it at some point, and made the long ride to the pet store for live pinks instead. All three stubborn hatchlings pounded the pinks as soon as they saw them flat!
The important thing is to get them feeding regularly on whatever the heck they will accept to get some weight going on them, and get a good consistant feeding response going. You can always work on switching them over later on. Try a live if nothing dead works, it;s amazing sometimes how they can sense it is alive, no matter how much you wiggle the dead prey..LOL!
I actually think many snake's that are finicky and won't eat dead no matter what is done key in on the carbon dioxide itself that is exuded through their breath and skin of the live prey.
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If the baby hasnt eaten in months what makes you think trying the same techniques it will eat now? So obviously you gotta change it up, start by a severe increase in temps, say a 10 degree higher temp for 2 days. The snake should be cruising around looking for a more comfortable spot, hopefully becoming hungry. Remove the water dish after the first day, and drop the pink in water before introducing it. Make sure its a smaller pink than usual, if it eats that one it will likely eat 2-3 in the same sitting. Bottom line, you gotta kick start the pump. If this doesnt work spin a mouse tail down its gullet and try again in a few days. Get SOMETHING in the belly to start the digestive enzymes. Good luck.
I agree with Jeff. Mouse tail it a couple times to get nutrition in it. Sometimes its a waiting game. I had a baby transpecos rat and cal king refuse food last year. It took awhile, but both are aggressive f/t feeders today.
I have 7 cb09s still on tails, its a lot of work. When anyone wants to tell me my milks are overpriced...grr..you can go through this yourself,lol. This is also the major reason why cb adults are rarely offered in hard to start ssp..
