How I got my reluctant king snakes to eat

I brumated my pair of durango mtn kingsnakes and I was starting to worry because they were both refusing food after their warm up. I tried to get them to eat f/t and live but they were refusing and even acting as if the food was frightening them! Well I finally got the female to take a f/t by feeding her a frozen thawed weanling in her viv which I warmed up so it would seem alive yet unthreatening. She went for that last weekend and just took her second one, so I guess the hunger strike is over! I hate feeding her in the viv but it works, I just watch her like a hawk to make sure she doesn't ingest substrate.
The male was taking fuzzies but refusing the right size food, so I gave him a live fuzzy and then offered him the f/t mouse while he was still swallowing the fuzzy. It worked! What a relief, if these guys stay on track I might get to have baby greeris this year

Glad you got them eating again, sometimes they can be a pain. Good luck on the babys!

Excellent, hope they continue to thrive. My king is a pretty sporadic eater and I'm debating what to do with him.

Just don't give up, try everything! Their appetite seemed to pick up after shedding too.

Congrats on getting them to eat again! I wish my daughter's milk would start eating again. She's not really losing weight, but she hasn't had a mouse in months!


Jenn