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Hello. I have a 1yr old female green that was cb from a wc female. She was eating on fk rats before i got her. Since ive got her she has not fed. Im not too worried because shes not really losing any weight. Ive tried fk, f/t, scented with chicken. I have other anacondas and keep them all the same way. I want to know if anyone else has experienced this and what they did to get their greens to start feeding. I dont handle her as to eliminate stress. any thoughts would be appreciated. thanks

Mike,
How long have you actually had her, do you have a hide in her current setup, and what is her current length?

Kelly

Ive had her since the third week of June. Yes i have a hide in her current setup.i have her in a 3ft vision currently. I have the temps in the cage at 82 degrees and have a hotspot about 88 degrees. she is just a tad over 5ft long. she seems interested alot in the food. she will investigate it a bit but always shys away. ive never had this with an anaconda, especially at this time of the year.

If she has good body weight and is healthy, I would not be too concerned yet. Some greens may take weeks to become acclimated to new surroundings after being shipped, and then others acclimate in a few days. If she goes over 3 or 4 months you should re-evaluate the situation to make sure something else isn’t going on. Greens this young rarely go off feed once acclimated regardless of the time of year or their sex. If she is checking out the food item, that is a good sign. If you have access to chicks or other small birds and she stays off a little longer, you could try that just to see if she’ll feed. Sometimes that will jumpstart them again. Let us know how it goes.

Kelly

Yea i have been looking around for chicks. i want to try a live one first. if she accepts it ill get some frozen and then start scenting rats, or maybe shell start to eat rats again. Ill let you know how it goes.

Try feeding in water. I got my first Green last October. It took me about 3 weeks to get her figured out. I tried everything from chicks, to rats, to large mice, live and dead nothing worked. She was always interested but never enough....until I decided to feed her in the water. I just put about about 2-3 inches of water around 80-82 degrees in a rubbermaid put her in and let her settle a few minutes. I offered frozen/thawed medium rat and after about 2 seconds of smelling it she exploded on it. I feed her in water everytime now. I'm pretty sure she would eat now without the water but I don't want to screw up a good thing. I don't keep her in water, all she has is a small drinking dish, but she is bathed everytime she pees or poops because she enjoys laying in it. She is a bit over 7 feet now by the way taking XXXL rats with a passion!

yea i tried this with a rat. She showed initial interest but still wouldnt take the rat. i will try it with a chick next i guess.

Well last night i was going to feed one of my sd retics, but my male is in full breeding mode and off feed. So i put the rat in the anacondas cage and she seemed interested. then i got some scrap cooked chicken left over from dinner and scented the rat a little with it. placed the rat in her hide and left it overnight. woke up this morning and the rat is gone. hopefully she will continue to feed regularly now.