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feeder not feeding now.. advice.

greenman

greenman

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Hello!

Well i picked up a pair of 1.1 butter stripe corns from BHB reptile 3 weeks ago. The first 2 feeds the male ate great and the female was a struggle but now good. the 3rd feed the female gobbled it up and NOW my male wont eat.

4 days ago i took my 7 weeks old male out of 5 qt tube which is 85 degrees warm side 76 cool with good humidity, clean with good substrate and several hides into a deli-dish as usual and left him. no bites. so i left him in the container on the flexwatt with towel over top for privacy. no bites. THEN i brained the pinky and still no bites. so then i put him and the mouse back into his tub and wait over night. nothing.

NOW tonight is a repeat of all of the above thus far.
i aware stress is usually a huge factor but im not sure where to go from here. even with kathy loves book ive tried several diferent things with the hand feeding as well. in 3 hours he'll be in his home with the mouse after i re warm it.

NOW as a side note: i've noticed he has gone from being a little cobra to a little coward. he is jumpy at the sight of me and terrified of me more so than any other snake i've owned.

im hoping for something good soon. if he doesnt eat this week (today or friday) im going to try a live pinky next tuesday.
 
NO! he's been busy as heck! he's been running laps around his tub all weekend which would lead me believe he is on the hunt.
 
I'll bet the little guy is getting ready to go blue & he knows it. I'd just wait him out, he's gotten a couple good meals, he can skip a meal if he wants to.
 
we'll see. this second meal is going on 3 hours now and nothing yet. we'll see though.

i gt them from BHB reptiles which i know they feed live to some of their animals. im hoping these guys wernt them. he is sitting in his hide with the mouse and is completely uninterested... sigh.
 
The fact that they've eaten f/t for you already is a good sign. It doesn't seem like you have one that's going to insist on live.

I'd agree with the above. If he's a good weight, then just leave him for a week and see what happens. My money's on a shed as well especially with that change in behaviour towards you, which is a classic sign that the process is underway.
 
last attempt was Sunday, as of now there is still no Shed or change in attitude. Im going to attempt feeding him again tonight. Im hoping for the best!
Im thinking i'll try feeding him in his own tub tonight. not a seperate one, opinions?
 
It's certainly worth a try. As he'll be in his usual home, I should leave the food in with him overnight and see if the absolute quiet overnight encourages him to eat. Let us know how it goes.
 
i've tried once but i'll do it again. i also ditchd all of his hides except for a flat plasticpeice for the pink and his water dish. no luck so far but i might try live pinkon tuesday if nothing works... please please!!
 
Sadly, taking the hides out won't have helped. He'll just have been left feeling insecure and spooked. Next time you try, leave his living tank exactly the way it usually is (some of them don't like change) and put the pink into his favourite hide.
 
i did that the previous week and no change. i have done the put the snake in the deli over night with the pinky slit (hot pinky). Last night was a big fail.

i think im going to try live on tuesday...

i just wish i knew why the guy just stopped eating. everything is good. he has NO interest at all at the pinks.
 
I think I might try a washed pink. And live. I'd stick with the deli cup, though. Are you feeding at night?
 
One of the first, maybe _the_ first, feeding tricks to try is washing the pink in Ivory or Dawn dish soap, and rinsing thoroughly. Some snakes don't like the smell of dirty mice.
 
Think that is an option I should try next? Or sooner than later? Or should I wait atleast another 4 days
 
I guess I would wait four days. Three if you absolutely can't stand it. I know how worrying it is. But you _do_ know he has eaten- he's not like a hatchling that you don't know if it has eaten, ever. You can always offer two choices at once. Washed and live. Live and pink head.
 
ugh his sister is getting bigger and shes about to shed too! I need a CND thanks giving miracle! Leaving a clean pink in the hide with him over dinner
 
One of the hatchlings I myself hatched out this year did not eat for 2 weeks then ate, then for like 6 weeks no eating. Had his second shed ever and then started eating again and has eaten just fine. Sounds like your guy and my little guy have similar attitudes. You did say he is really young right? He should be just fine, give him some time. Oh and I have found that my snakes do much better only being fed once a week. More than that and I had regurges even with good and slightly warmer than usual temps but not dangerous temps.
 
i feed every 5-6 days consistantly and never have had an regurges.
How many time did you try to feeed your none feeder? once a week? How did you feed, in his tub or seperate? Im questioning everything with this dude right now. There is room temp pinky sitting beside him now.
 
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