I got "Bubbles" August 13. She is one year old and was in shed when we bought her. She shed and defecated just fine so I figured she must have been fed shortly before I bought her. I have tried twice now to feed her f/t adult mouse. The first time I tried in a different feeding tub and she had absolutely no interest whatsoever. Last night I put her in a shoe box in her cage with another f/t adult mouse....nothing. The guy I bought her from was feeding her large live fuzzys and pre-killed popcorn mice. I have always fed my snakes in a different enclosure so they don't associate me with food every time I reach in their cage. Would you try feeding her in her cage and would you resort to live? It has been over a month since she ate obviously but she looks okay, no backbone showing. Any help would be appreciated.
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Dumeril not eating.
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I usually feed all of my snakes in thier enclosures I feed my blood python and 2 red tails in thier enclosures they shouldnt associate your hand with food as long as your hand doesnt smell like the mouse or rats and dont put ur hand in fron of his face when your picking it up grab it from behind then it shouldnt bite but its not 100 percent it wont bite its the individual
snake
I would try again with a live or freshly killed mouse. Do you have a pair of thongs to hold the mouse with? This is best. And I would feed her in her cage. She is probably nervous in her new enviroment
and she needs a little time. Just be patient. And I would not handle her much until she starts eating. Good luck with her.
don't put the mouse in a pair of thongs. you might want to wear them
though.lol
This is probably a statement of the obvious, but are your environmental conditions correct? You hadn't indicated temps, etc., so I wondered if the environment would be a factor.
I got my Dumerils a couple of weeks before you did. I left him alone for a week and a half (didn't even touch him) and he settled in well. I don't mean to rub this in because your dum isn't eating at the moment, but I chose to feed mine in his enclosure because, right from the start, he looked at ANY movement as food. I feed f/t with tongs and he hits them like a ton of bricks.
I hope all works out well for you. Good luck.
