I am not a frequent visitor to this site but, my recommendation would be to be sure to offer the animal different food types. Also, live foods may be necessary as the movement may trigger a reaction. Think of what that animal may have been eating up to the time of capture and transportation into captivity. Not very likely it has ever been offered what it is used to eating. For example, I have had a wild caught Texas Indigo relish eating dead atrox immediately after capture but turn its nose up to a dead grahams water snake. The indigo was from an area that would not normally have grahams watersnakes available to it. (by the way this account was 25 years ago) I have had wild tropical types really like live chicks which can be easily converted to dead then eventually to rat pups then dead. I have also found that very few will turn down frogs or other reptiles. I realize this may not be acceptable to some as food sources but, the bottom line may be - how much you want to save this animal? I have also as a last resort tube fed baby food meat just to get something into the animal to jump start it. This may be a last resort after trying putting a dead rat pup into its mouth and hoping it swallows on its own.

At any rate, I hope some of this may help. Good luck

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