My son's milk snake has not eaten for over a month, and I am becoming increasingly concerned about his health. He is a five-year -old Sinaloan, and has been healthy since we got him in January 2005. In the last month he seems to have lifted a scale around his nostril, and though not unusual for his species to have a light patch aboout the nose, I am hoping this is not an infection - it doe s not ooze or appear moist. His previous owner (who is quite knowledgable on reptiles) works in a pet store and, I took the snake in for a check up- he said everything looked fine, and that sometimes snakes do rub against objects and raise scales a little. So my question for you out there is should I be concerned for his health, or is this likely to be just a period of eating inactivity?
Reptile & Amphibian Forums
Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
milk snake not eating
midgaard
Jun 17, 2005 10:34 PM
Replies (1)
joeysgreen
Jun 21, 2005 09:17 AM
Keep good weight records on your snake. Generally, a loss of greater than 10% is cause for concern, and a vet visit.
I'm sure the previous owner is indeed very knowledgeable about reptiles, but in general, the employment at a petstore does not do much to increase the knowledge of such animals. I just wanted to clear this up for the odd person who peruses these forums 
