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feeder not feeding now.. advice.

WELL,
this dude just finished his blue 2 days ago and now im waiting for the shed. Once he sheds im going to try Chicken blood scented pinkies. NOT live, and see how it goes.

IF there is no go i'll be entering week 6. I'll forsure be looking into force feeding some tails/legs from a breeding friend of mine. I DONT WANT TO! but i need the dude to live!

Any thoughts? if he is persistant if not eating after this im going to resort to tube feeding.
 
I found a feeder gecko. Its to big to feed to my buddy but im going to rub the pinky all over him/ in his mouth
IF that doesnt work.
im going to freeze/ remove the tail and try that.
Opinions?
 
You don't actually need to freeze the tail. There aren't really any parasites that would be transferred from just a tail. Actually, I'd forget the pinky and just offer the fresh gecko tail. Put your snake in a deli cup with the tail (it's designed to break off the gecko), cover it, put the container in his viv in case of escape, and leave the room for a couple of hours.
 
i rubbed the pinky on the house gecko and let the gecko bite the face of the pink. IF in 30min its a no go, i'll do the tail.
his shed off looks nice though ;) i'll post some pics soon!
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ugh...
so no go as of now.
AND... ugh.

when i went to go get the house gecko out of his plastic case AND 6qt tube he had escaped. NOW i have no tail and the gecko has found a new house in my room. This is getting better and better. Im going to warm this pinky up a lot and slit it and put it in the deli cup over night soon...
 
im not worried about the lizard, he'll pop up.

Thor is not interested in the food. ON tuesday im taking him to friends who is abreeder and he will attempt to help me assist feed. IF THAT DOESNT WORK.
I have a pinky pump on order.

ugh.....................
 
I hope for the best of luck for your snake, I finally got mine to eat I never put her in a feeder container until today and she actually went right for the mouse as soon as she seen it :)
 
Mistake ther

* I put her in a different container to feed her for the first time and she took it right away*
 
officially no feed...

Considering Force Feed, Assist feed and pinky opump *availible at store ATM*

PLEASE final opinions!
 
I'm sorry you haven't had success so far. Your snake is your pet, and the decision to force/assist feed is a personal one. Only you can decide if you want to go that route. Whether you decide yay or nay, you can continue to try different scenting tricks from time to time.

By the way, have you tried taking the snake for a ride? Sometimes shipping a nonfeeder turns it into a feeder. Maybe it's the jouncing, maybe it's the relocation. Whatever, some have had similar success with putting their snakes into a container, riding it around for a while and/or setting it up in a new viv/new location.

Good luck, whatever you choose.
 
I've tried.
FT pinkie, Eatra hot, Brained, Slit, Cut into 3 peices, Small deli cup over night, In tub over night, Live in deli for 2 nights, fresh killed and brained, tuna scented, Lizard scented and bit, transfering into new tub-home. Car ride, sitting on dryer in delicup w/ heat off. ugh...

Its been officially 6 weeks. Im content with continuing down the road of scenting but im concerned that he hasent had food in his belly. I'm considering the assist/force feed because im hoping it jumpstarts his little appetitte. Its not ideal but if it works, it works...

im undecided as to what to do. I know Caryl FF is probably the last thing you want to se be done but same with myself. im not happy to see his sister who shed 4 weeks ago have a shed 3inches longer than his shed from 3 days ago...

:(
 
How frustrating. I wonder why he ate to begin with, and then stopped. Can you get him to strike or bite you? Can you try weaseling a mouse tail into the corner of his mouth, and seeing if he will eat it?

It's probably safer, in the long run, to tube feed him than to do much FFing. But it wouldn't hurt to see what happens if you can get a pink, or pink head, into his mouth and then hold his mouth shut and see if he will just go ahead and swallow. Just be really really really really really careful.
 
start & stop

still have 1 of these start & stopers....i have not had much luck with this... but hey ya never know....try putting it in a different tub (to house in) sometimes the change will CHANGE them.it only worked for a couple of mine,but for those couple....it worked.

good luck.

-jay
 
well after a long debate today we tried assist and force feeding today.
Assist didnt go super awesome. We tried just the head and he spit it out, tried half wayhe spit it out, tried 3/4 spit it out. LAST and final try we tried almost the whole thing adn he took it down, YAY! no struggle

SO there is a meal in his belly! HOPEFULLY this inspires some eating! Some pictures of this dude will be up shortly!
 
Nanci said:
How frustrating. I wonder why he ate to begin with, and then stopped.
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Nanci got me thinking. My daughter told me about a little corn who'd been brought to the vet where she was working. My understanding is that it had been eating & quit, perhaps like yours. This one had parasites, and once those were treated (not expensive at all) it went back to eating and growing with no problems. I don't know if you have a herp vet close by, but it's something you may want to consider.

I'm so sorry for all your frustrations. It's a terrible situation in which to find oneself. Since you're getting to the point of considering more aggressive methods, I've got another suggestion. Find a thin-stem pipette (drug stores or high school science teachers usually have them) and get some raw egg yolk into the little guy. Be sure it's at room temperature, not chilled. It packs a high nutritional punch, is easy for the snake to digest, and sometimes getting something in there will give the digestive system a jolt. Once things are moving along the snake may realize it's hungry. If you want to go this route, I'd give it 2 or 3 feedings like this and then try a prey item.
 
how would i tell if he has parasites or not?
im hoping since he has afull belly no he may be open to food now.
 
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