7 MO not eating, when to worry?
Hello, new here.
I have my first snake, which is a 7 month old corn.
Start off, it's been exactly 14 days since last feed and he shed 2 days ago.
Seems healthy, flicking, no bulges, scars, mouth breathing, sores, etc.
Tank is currently a 10 gal with coconut fiber bedding 2" deep, two hides, trees and branches, and heat is graduated from 90*F on one side to about 72* on the left side.
Up until now he has always been a fairly aggressive feeder (other than his first feed ever). He is usually fed with tongs with a mouse warmed to body temp (96-100*F).
I did recently go up to small fuzzies and he has eaten two of them 8 days apart rather aggressively.
After he refused to eat yesterday even after his shed I weighed him and he is slightly under, I think, at 19g. I can't imagine he isn't hungry so I am at a loss as to why he won't eat.
Water is clean.
The only two things I can imagine are maybe, I need to drop back to pinkies for a bit? Or maybe he needs more time after shedding?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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