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cujobytes

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Hello all. Nice to find this forum。 Hopefully some of you will be able to help me out a little. First of all we are in China (Long story) and my 11 year old son bought a corn/rat snake ONLINE. it arrived and seems to be about 12" long but it is basically comatose. It hasn't moved or shown any sign of life for 3 days though it doesn't seem to be dead. It's winter here with temperatures hovering around 50-60 f . Perhaps that's why it's asleep?
Or is it dead?
Also, assuming it wakes up what do we feed such a small snake and how?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
I'll try and upload a pic
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Well, it is not a corn snake. I'm unsure what species of rat snake it is. And if you've had it in a tank with heat and it hasn't moved in 3 days, it might be dead. What happens if you turn it upside down?
 
corn_snake_lover said:
i would take it to your animal control and see what they say i personally would not keep that as a pet
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You read the bit about me being in China right?
Animal control here means catch it and eat it.
Your nic 'corn snake lover' takes on a WHOLE new meaning in China.
It's not a myth that snakes, cats and dogs are literally on the menu.
 
Please tell us that you’ve give the poor thing some warmth and some water
And it’s in a tank or viv
Pat


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Try putting a heating pad on low for a little bit and turn it off and on at different intervals . Have you tried an attempt to feed? Definitely not a corn snake though


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I’m sorry but that forum link just made my brain cells cringe upon reading their responses... please tell me that’s NOT a reptile related forum of any kind...


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thewalkingtechie said:
I’m sorry but that forum link just made my brain cells cringe upon reading their responses... please tell me that’s NOT a reptile related forum of any kind...


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:laugh: Happy to tell you, not at all.
It's a Thai expats forum. Most of those guys have been around a bit though, and most, living in Thailand, have had some experience with snakes around this part of the world.
 
Try putting a small dish of water in with him he might move to drink
Or maybe get a cotton ball with some water on wipe around his mouth as for the try a water bottle with a tea towel round
Pat


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I think the "sniff test" will tell you whether it is dead or alive after this amount of time.
 
Rich Z said:
I think the "sniff test" will tell you whether it is dead or alive after this amount of time.
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I think if he hasn’t done anything with it by now , there no need for a test. I’m taking into account that he never mentioned it moving or not either.


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cujobytes said:
Hello all. Nice to find this forum。 Hopefully some of you will be able to help me out a little. First of all we are in China (Long story) and my 11 year old son bought a corn/rat snake ONLINE. it arrived and seems to be about 12" long but it is basically comatose. It hasn't moved or shown any sign of life for 3 days though it doesn't seem to be dead. It's winter here with temperatures hovering around 50-60 f . Perhaps that's why it's asleep?

Or is it dead?

Also, assuming it wakes up what do we feed such a small snake and how?

Thanks in advance for any replies.

I'll try and upload a pic

8308-what-kind-of-snake-is-this-snake.jpg
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Hi please could you tell me how you got on with your snake ?
Pat


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