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I've had my corn for a year and a half. He's never turned down a mouse ever. He's always comes out in the evening until the last 2 months. I have him a bioactive tank for the last year with no problems. Now I never see him except when he eats. Now the last 2 weeks he wont come out to eat. He has never turned down a meal. I don't now what the problem is. Nothing has changed in his environment. Any advice?
 
I've tried to pull him out, but he has many tunnels. He moves away from me when I dig to find him. He used to be out all evening. I haven't seen him for a month. The last time I gave him a mouse it was in his enclosure for 3 days. He eats live mice. I've tried frozen mice but he won't come out to eat.
 
If you leave a live mouse in the enclosure for that long it is possible your snake is hiding because he is stressed out. They can easily get intimidated by a prey item and this can cause them to stop feeding. I don't feed live prey these days but back when I did I never left a live adult mouse in an enclosure with a snake for more than 5 minutes. Snakes are typically great on the attack, but stink at defense. I've seen people lose very valuable snakes to a mouse that cost 50 cents. Most corns will spend a lot of time hiding. It's just natural behavior. On top of that they go through "phases", and on top of that they all have different personalities. My advice would be to let him chill for week or so, then try frozen/thawed again (they seem to have pretty short memories). Also maybe try to see if you can catch him out exploring around dusk, so you won't have to dig him out. Best of luck :)
 
I'm the original poster. Update, I increased the heat yesterday. He was out by evening. He was even out basking this afternoon!! I appreciate all of you for helpful suggestions!!
 
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