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non feeder (help)

Then that is what I shall do come Friday. Thank you! I'll let you know how he makes out! Thanks again!
 
Pugsley said:
I put a Corning Ware coffee cup 2/3 full of water in the microwave heat for a couple of minutes, then drop the thawed pinkie into it. Take cup to feeding area, use tongs to take out pinkie, put into deli cup, put snakeling into deli cup, put the lid on deli cup, put deli cup under a pillow and leave alone for an hour. Worked for me!
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Thanks Pugsley. I'm considering putting a towel over the tank the deli cup will be in to enhance darkness/privacy but I'm wondering if that will affect air or temp adversely?
 
I cover many of mine when feeding with tea towels. I don't think there will be any problem with covering up with a towel.
 
We're having a gas shortage in NYC, meaning I can't get to any pet stores, we're far away from all of them and it's snowing. A friend grabbed a small anole for me to see if the snake would eat that. Since I had the anole and nothing to do with it I gave it a shot with the deli cup. No dice. Snake has now gone 7 days without eating. (It drinks plenty.) If it were an adult I'd be less concerned. Going to resume the pinkie plan on Monday. I've noticed the snake just curls up in the deli cup as far from the prey as he can get. I'm wondering if the deli cup method freaks him out too much? (I'm sticking to adult, established feeders from now on. This little guy is making me crazy.) I'm probably doing a million things wrong. Feel free to let me know. :)
 
How often are you trying to feed him?? You should only try every four or five days. And once you feed him an anole, it's a thousand times harder to feed him pinks ever again. That's like the VERY last thing to ever try. Do you have other snakes?
 
2 ball pythons but they eat every rodent they get. Always have. The anole happened because of the gas shortage. I guess it's lucky he didn't eat it then. Not trying to feed him again til Monday and then going with a pinky. We're snowed in and gassed out so we're making due with what my friends bring. I've all ready asked for no more anoles. Question now is, do I continue with the deli cup or try placing food near his favorite hide? What do you think? Thanks. :)
 
Monday is fine. What happened to the anole? What are you keeping the snake in? And is he on paper towels, or aspen?
 
Anole in freezer in case it's ever needed for scenting. (Unlikely) Snake in 10 gallon glass tank with UTH, 3 different temp hides and water. (No special lighting.) Substrate is newspaper. (newspaper given time to dry so ink does not run.) 6 sheets of newspaper as instructed by a different corn snake forum, (one on fb I think, been getting info everywhere I can including the book by Bill and Kathy Love.) so as not to burn the snake with UTH. (No worries there, snake roams to different hides.Has no burns.) If I do put a pinkie in without a deli cup, it'll just go on a folded paper towel. (Unless you suggest I continue with deli cup.) He just curls up in the cup as far from the food as he can get so I'm not sure cup is helping. (I give him about 8 hours in cup.) Temps are fine. (according to book, various sites, etc.) Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm worried about the little guy.
 
It wouldn't hurt to try feeding him in his viv, overnight. If he refuses that, though, I'd go back to the deli cup. I would cover the deli cup directly, not put it in a covered tank- the idea is so he can't see out and spend all his time trying to escape, or getting distracted by things.
 
It's probably been about 10-12 days since he's eaten. In an adult specimen I wouldn't be this worried but this little guy has me pretty concerned.
 
I have been cutting the pinkies in half afer boiling them let cool for about 2 or 3 minutes ... Nanci has helped me through my non feeders and all are eatting great all aluve and well by the way thanks again nanci pugsly and the many others
 
screamindemon17 said:
I have been cutting the pinkies in half afer boiling them let cool for about 2 or 3 minutes ... Nanci has helped me through my non feeders and all are eatting great all aluve and well by the way thanks again nanci pugsly and the many others
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I wished I lived closer to a breeder but the nearest one seems to be about 6 hours away. (!) It's been at least 10 days since this baby ate. I'm wondering at what point I have to try assist feeding. God knows, I don't want to. :(
 
To give you perspective, I don't feed hatchlings when they are blue. So that means they skip one meal, for an interval of ten days, and very infrequently skip two meals, for an interval of 15 days. They do just fine. You have time to solve the mystery of how and what your baby wants to eat.
 
At what point do things get dire? I've heard of snakes this young taking 2 months to eat but that sounds extreme to me.
 
Good news! I found someone experienced with non feeders and he's adopted the snake from me. (He used to breed them.) I'm going to miss the snake terribly but this guy has the experience that I don't and even though it was painful to give the snake up, his health and well being means more to me. I'm just relieved he's with someone better equipped than I am.

Now I only have to worry about an adult rescue corn but he's huge and doing fine. (His name's Wire.) I'm going to keep the pic of Jayne as my icon because I miss him. Malik will let me know when the little guy eats and how he's doing. I'll pass it along to you guys when I find out. Thanks for all the help! (And I'm sticking around the board because of Wire.) <3
 
Good you found some local help. I would try and be a part of what that guy is doing as much as possible there is no better experience then first hand. It can only help you later on, with similar situations.
 
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