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I got two burms on sept 16 one has eating every 5 days for me the other has not eating at all someone told me to force feed her but never done that befor nor did they tell me how too. I have offerd food to her every 5 days but she just leaves it and gose into her hide. any help would be great never had one not eat without sheading I e-mail the company that I got them from and had no reply back never got their paper work eather what do you all think
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0.1 iguana
0.1 red tail
1.1 burm
1.1 ball pythons
1.0 sparkle caiman
1.0 musk
1.0 macaw
2.0 dogs
1.0 cat
0.1 wife {LOL}

You didn't say how big or old they are, but it sounds like they are juveniles by the way you described the situation. Don't jump right to any force feeding. Even a juvenile python can go a couple of months without eating and still bounce back. If they are older and bigger they can go many months without food. Your best bet is just to allow them to settle in to their new environments, don't handle the one not eating. Allow her stress to reduce this way over time as she adjusts. She will eat in her own time. If she doesn't eat after several weeks then you maybe should consider other (safe) force feeding measures, such as a pinkie pump. If it does come to this make sure that it is done right or by someone with experience. Force feeding, when performed incorrectly can be more detrimental than beneficial and can lead to death even sooner than not eating at all.

>>I got two burms on sept 16 one has eating every 5 days for me the other has not eating at all someone told me to force feed her but never done that befor nor did they tell me how too. I have offerd food to her every 5 days but she just leaves it and gose into her hide. any help would be great never had one not eat without sheading I e-mail the company that I got them from and had no reply back never got their paper work eather what do you all think
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>>0.1 iguana
>>0.1 red tail
>>1.1 burm
>>1.1 ball pythons
>>1.0 sparkle caiman
>>1.0 musk
>>1.0 macaw
>>2.0 dogs
>>1.0 cat
>>0.1 wife {LOL}
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Been there my friend. One thing, that I was told by Brian was to not offer food so often. The next thing you need to do is check the temps. When mine would not eat she was in a traffic area at first and the temp was normal but I cranked it up. I offered everthing. Live, dead, pre killed, anything you name it. Robert Preston, told me to try the frozen twad in a pillow case and leave the snake in there. That did not work but has for others it has. It may be she is really shy. That was my burms problem. She would not eat if I where in the room and if I walked in there she would start to spit it back out. Try leaving the live one in there and sit in the back room with it running around, you need to be patient with that, or if it is a juvenile then get a pinky rat and just leave it in there and check on it later. I would say in 10 days try again, after temp is up, and has been left alone that is another thing I did not due, that I should have. When you unfreeze the one, for the bag trick if you do it put it in a baggy and put that in warm water to warm the body it should be good to go. If that does not work, try a pre killed one by using forcepts like it is walking around the tank. Try rats and mice. Offer anything you can get but not to often, as Brain used to tell me, as much and it stresses you out it does to the snake as well. It will come around, and when it does it will want to eat non stop. I am no pro but I did everything I could not to force feed as for one I would mess it up. I hope this helps