SNOPAL FINALLY EATING AFTER MONTHS

[marshaelaine]

I want to thank everyone who tried to help me with "Rio", my snopal that stopped eating. I had tried everything that you all suggested. he had only eaten once in January, and twice in February. in April I started force feeding him by cutting up pinkies and stuffing in his throat, then I bought a pinkie pump and fed him that way for three weeks. he has been 42 grams for months, I was just able to keep him stable when force feeding. 10 days ago he started to eat on his own. the first 5 days he gained 3 grams and the last 5 days he gained 5 more grams. I am so excited. I just wanted to let you all know and thank you all for the encouragement and helping me not to giving up. Thanks to all or you for being there,
Marsha

[ssssinful-1]

Glad to hear Rio's finally eating on his own. :)

[Susielea]

Yay! That's great news, well done! :D

[Caryl]

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I'm so glad! It's a great feeling when a stubborn one starts eating on its own! Kudos to you for hanging with it, and I hope Rio never turns down a meal again!
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[Porro]

yaaay :cheers:

[Dorgrim]

yay! :D Im so glad you got him to eat ^_^ its always stressful when you just can't get things to work. But again! yay!

[cornsnakeforsale_com]

Shoving it down their throat ain't fun. Congrats.

[Nanci]

Congratulations! How often were you offering him meals? How long did he go between his last pumping and when he thought he would like to eat, finally?

[marshaelaine]

I would always try giving him prey before I forced him to eat, but to no avail. I would feed him every five to six days. So one June 1st, five days after his last forced meal I put his prey in the container and left him for half an hour, and when I checked on him he had eaten one mouse, so I left him a while longer and he ate the other one. I was excited. and now he has eaten three times in a row.
Marsha

[wstphal]

Congratulations! ~And~ he took 2 prey items on his first voluntary meal?! Excellent news. Let's hope the next time he goes on strike it's when he is 300+ gms and looking for lurve. :)

[marshaelaine]

Thank you all, yes he has been eating two prey for his meals. the first meal he ate 2 peach fuzzies, and the last two he has eaten 2 fuzzies each time. I figured since he started to eat, and I didn't know if he would eat 2 at a time, so I gave him fuzzies.
Marsha