I have a black rat snake, about 2 and a half years old, and a texas bairdi rat snake, about one and a half years old. As soon as it got chilly outside, they both stopped eating... been about 2 weeks. Their enclosures are both on t-stats so it hasn't changed in their cage very much... last year neither of them went off feed. Any input?
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Question on my rat snakes
Chonubrid
Dec 02, 2005 12:11 PM
Replies (2)
dustyrhoads
Dec 02, 2005 01:48 PM
Possibly they might have noticed the change in daylight hours, which easily could have triggered it.
I had two subocs do that last year.
duffy
Dec 03, 2005 07:02 AM
Yes, very common. I find that they will sometimes go through the winter accepting smaller prey items (usually less often). A snake that was eating small rats every week might accept a rat pinky every two weeks, etc. If they go a month without eating (as a few of mine now have) I usually cool them down for at least a few weeks. This generally cycles them back up & they begin feeding again. Duffy
