My friend has a bp (about 3 years old) and it hasnt eaten alot (only 2 mice) since october. When it sheds, it always sheds in peieces and it takes a month for all the skin to fall off. I tell him to mist the cage and cover the screen top. He doesnt have a UTH only a black light thats on all the time. The snake used to eat alot when he lived in fla. but now that he lives in tn. he has been having problems. what should we do? I already plan on making a humid hide (his snake looks and seems to be very dehydrated, his eyes are are dimpled and such), and put some moss in the cage and mist it with about 4oz of water everyother day until it improves and starts eating. can you help us?
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whats wrong with my friends snake?
LeeFobes
Jul 14, 2003 09:08 PM
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VoodooDragon
Jul 15, 2003 08:34 PM
>>My friend has a bp (about 3 years old) and it hasnt eaten alot (only 2 mice) since october. When it sheds, it always sheds in peieces and it takes a month for all the skin to fall off. I tell him to mist the cage and cover the screen top. He doesnt have a UTH only a black light thats on all the time. The snake used to eat alot when he lived in fla. but now that he lives in tn. he has been having problems. what should we do? I already plan on making a humid hide (his snake looks and seems to be very dehydrated, his eyes are are dimpled and such), and put some moss in the cage and mist it with about 4oz of water everyother day until it improves and starts eating. can you help us?
Humidity might not help start eating, and it probably won't start eating until it's not dehydrated anymore.
I think the eating problem has to do with heating. Get a UTH! Human heating pads are great. They need belly heat to digest properly. What temps is it running at now? I'll bet that it's too cold.
One problem at a time, tho. Get the UTH, then get it rehydrated. Hopefully, it hasn't become too dehydrated. Daily soaks, humidity box, misting. Just be careful with scale rot.
Once that's taken care of, then try to feed it again.
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