Feeding problem

[Mark16]

Okay last week i went to Pet supermarket and bought 2 pinkies. But actually the "pinkies" were like inbetween a fuzzy and a pinky. I tried to feed it to him but he refused. He is not about to shed, his eye's aren't blue. Any suggestitons?

 

[Tracee]

You already seem to be implying that you think the mouse was too large? If this is the case, be glad that he refused, because too large prey can cause a regurge.

There are plenty of reasons he could be off his food though. He might be blue but you can't tell yet. Or he might just not have felt like eating - it's not always a sign that something is wrong.

Try again in 5-7 days and see what happens.

 

[Nanci]

If you think the pinks are too big, you can cut them into 2/3's, then you have three meals! I'd be really careful about feeding something too large.

 

[Mark16]

Well i have never owned a baby cornsnake until about 2 weeks ago and so i asked my teacher on how he fed it because it wouldn't eat a pinky and so he said to just cut a pinky up in 3 to 4 pieces so i do that and he ate. Now i give him a Fuzzy, but looks like a pinky ( has very little hair ) and he doesn't eat.

 

[Nanci]

Do you get the peach fuzzy really, really hot? Like as hot as your tap water will go? Do you put your snake in a very small separate feeding container, so he can't just go off and forget about the food?

 

[Tracee]

Another suggestion, have you checked the temperatures on both sides of the vivarium?

 

[Mark16]

Do you get the peach fuzzy really, really hot? Like as hot as your tap water will go? Do you put your snake in a very small separate feeding container, so he can't just go off and forget about the food?

yes. yes. yes.

 

[Mark16]

Another suggestion, have you checked the temperatures on both sides of the vivarium?

Yes. What does this have to do with eating? But he usually is on the warm side, like 95% of the time.

 

[Weebonilass]

Yes. What does this have to do with eating? But he usually is on the warm side, like 95% of the time.

Because a tank that is too warm or one that is too cold can throw some snakes off their feed.

Might I suggest that you find yourself a copy of Kathy Love's Cornsnake Manual... it's an awesome book, either version with tons of great information.

 

[Nanci]

Well, he may be going into the blue state and you can't tell yet. I have plenty of snakes that won't eat before they shed, and I don't figure out they were blue for at least a week, or maybe not until they shed. Is he as active as ever, or is he hiding?

You could try smaller pinks- maybe he isn't ready to make the step up. And you could try slitting the backs of the pinks in about four places, even the back of the skull.

 

[Weebonilass]

I'm not sure of the colour of Mark's snake, but I know I almost never catch my Sunglow in "blue"... I can just tell when he's about to shed because he "loses" so much colour

 

[Mark16]

Well, he may be going into the blue state and you can't tell yet. I have plenty of snakes that won't eat before they shed, and I don't figure out they were blue for at least a week, or maybe not until they shed. Is he as active as ever, or is he hiding?

You could try smaller pinks- maybe he isn't ready to make the step up. And you could try slitting the backs of the pinks in about four places, even the back of the skull.

Yeah. when i first got him he was active then 2 days later he just started hiding...