How long will male snakes go with out eating during mating season? Mine hasnt eaten at all this month. He is 5 from what I was told. Also will female snakes stop eating during the spring to? My female at 2 times this month but when I tried feeding here this weekend she smelled the mouse then went and hid. She is about a yr old.
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- Thread starter lilbug82
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Guruofchem
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Males should start settling down soon, and a healthy adult can go quite a while without food, so no worries there. Is the female heading into shed, maybe?
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Guruofchem
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At a year she is a bit young to be ready to breed - maybe the male's behavior is setting her off a bit...
Topazfyre
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It can happen to females, too, though I hear it's rare. My first snake, an Opal girl, did this every spring starting as a yearling for three years while she was growing up. Normally she was a voracious eater (coiled all around the thawed mice like she was a black rat who just got a kill XD), but each spring she would only eat sporadically over the course of a month or two, usually only taking two meals during that time.
I would go through the typical methods of trying to get them to eat, as in any other case. Try heating the mice, leaving them in a dark spot with it, cutting the mice so they can smell the blood, etc. I know the only thing Kel would eat was live mice during this time, but I recommend only using that as a last resort, and then reintroduce them to frozen once they've gotten a meal in.
Best of luck.
I would go through the typical methods of trying to get them to eat, as in any other case. Try heating the mice, leaving them in a dark spot with it, cutting the mice so they can smell the blood, etc. I know the only thing Kel would eat was live mice during this time, but I recommend only using that as a last resort, and then reintroduce them to frozen once they've gotten a meal in.
Best of luck.
WingedSweetheart
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My girl is usually a lazy eater and takes her time eating. Never striking or coiling. But the past couple of years during the spring she will skip a meal or three and then she is all of a sudden very hungry and will grab the mouse out of my hand before I even have the bin all the way open lol.
My male kingsnake went nearly 3 months without eating one spring. This year my male corn snake went off food for almost 2 months.
Both male and female this year seemed pretty restless. The male more so than my female.
My male kingsnake went nearly 3 months without eating one spring. This year my male corn snake went off food for almost 2 months.
Both male and female this year seemed pretty restless. The male more so than my female.