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How I got my reluctant king snakes to eat

ghosthousecorns

ghosthousecorns

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I brumated my pair of durango mtn kingsnakes and I was starting to worry because they were both refusing food after their warm up. I tried to get them to eat f/t and live but they were refusing and even acting as if the food was frightening them! Well I finally got the female to take a f/t by feeding her a frozen thawed weanling in her viv which I warmed up so it would seem alive yet unthreatening. She went for that last weekend and just took her second one, so I guess the hunger strike is over! I hate feeding her in the viv but it works, I just watch her like a hawk to make sure she doesn't ingest substrate.
The male was taking fuzzies but refusing the right size food, so I gave him a live fuzzy and then offered him the f/t mouse while he was still swallowing the fuzzy. It worked! What a relief, if these guys stay on track I might get to have baby greeris this year :)
 
Excellent, hope they continue to thrive. My king is a pretty sporadic eater and I'm debating what to do with him.
 
Congrats on getting them to eat again! I wish my daughter's milk would start eating again. She's not really losing weight, but she hasn't had a mouse in months!


Jenn
 
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