Hey everybody!! umm ive had a black ratsnake for about 4 months now. hes just over 2 feet long and i cannot get him to eat. he has only eaten about 4 times since ive had him. i just cant get it to eat every week. im thinking hes in some sort of brumation, but ive got my snakes in a room without windows but with a light hooked on to a timer: 11 hrs on and 13 off, temps are at 88 during the day and 79 at night.....
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Black Rat snake
idothatforme
Dec 26, 2005 12:24 PM
Replies (4)
mchambers
Dec 26, 2005 01:13 PM
Is it a captive bred or wild caught ?
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idothatforme
Dec 26, 2005 11:41 PM
i was informed that it was a captive bred snake; but u never know nowadays. i got it from a petstore on cape cod, the guy who sold it to me said he was a drop off. from what i know it was originally purchased from the reptile expo as a hatchling in NH of last year.
phiber_optikx
Dec 26, 2005 09:09 PM
Temps seem high. Try about 85 in the day and 70-75 at night. How many hides? It is fairly normal for them to be picky this time of year. Try feeding smaller sized meals. as in mice=hoppers, hoppers=fuzzies fuzzies=pinkies. Also go to the rat snake forum. Lots of wonderfull people over there too (including me 
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idothatforme
Dec 26, 2005 11:38 PM
uhh ive got this cork bark thing that is smashed into about 5 peices roughly a foot long by 4 inches wide. they are stacked and scattered all over the cage; Ive also got a mac n cheez box on the warm end and a paper towel roll at the cool side. hes gotta be in some burmationg because the guy i bought it from said it was a pig.
