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zach_whitman
at Thu Mar 26 00:43:14 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by zach_whitman ]
Snakes refuse food for lots of reasons. Seasonal changes, internal changes like ovulation, poor environmental conditions, etc.
If your snake refuses frozen but can be tempted with live she is probably borderline on any of these areas, or in this case, all of them.
She is probably ovulating which is uncomfortable, although if everything else is right she should be ravenous before and after. She may smell other male snakes in the room. Another curious phenomenon I have seen is that when people turn off the heat in the spring the house actually gets colder than it was in the winter and some snakes will revert back to a brumation state. Lastly your conditions are marginal. That is not a great hot spot for digestion and the humidity is pretty low.
Overall I wouldn't worry. If her body condition is good then she will eat when she is hungry. In the mean time give her a bigger temp gradient.
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RE: Evil kingsnake.... - zach_whitman, Thu Mar 26 00:43:14 2009