Day night cycle

Could a day and night cycle distrupt eating in a corn snake.... Mine isn't eating and well its right under the window so it dosn't get much light.... i just put light on for the night and going to change it soon.... could that be my problem? Thanks guys...

I would say that it's more likely a draft from the window is the problem rather than the lack of daylight. It's usually a bad idea to place a viv in front of awindow. Always too hot or too cold. You aren't in the part of New York that's had 80 plus inches of snow this week are you? :sidestep:

Temps and light cycles go hand in hand, just like in the wild. When daylengths shorten and it gets colder, many colubrids will think hibernation is at hand, and eat little or nothing. When it gets warmer and days lengthen, an adult's (or even sub adult's) thoughts will turn first to food, then to love.

I have had some success with customers' nonfeeding snakes by getting them to put a strong light above the cage (be sure it doesn't overheat the cage) and leave it on for at least a couple of hours longer than the sun is shining. But not all night - you wouldn't want a light on you all night either, lol!

Try to mimic the seasons, just adding a couple of hours if you need to fool the snake into thinking that spring is already here, and it is time to eat. It may or may not work, depending on other environmental factors, and also depending upon the reason your snake is not eating in the first place.

That makes a lot of sense Kathy. I believe this played a role in my snake not eating for two months. It scared me half to death because after having her for four years, I had not experienced this before, but there was a definite change in her light cycles when we changed to a new timer. We altered the times a bit to mimic winter daylight hours vs. summer daylight hours.
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