I obtained a very dosile 3yr corn 8 weeks ago, and he was fine for the first 2 weeks, and ate an adult mouse (frozen) during the first week. He was always kept with newspaper on the bottom of the viv by the previous owner, so I tried woodchip which he seems to like, although he keept burying himself.. He won't eat at all now, so I have increased the temp to 80 - it was a bit low at 70 prior to this. When I put a mouse in, he shows interest, but backs off after a fer minutes. I installed a bulb at the top of the viv and removed most of the woodchip - just leaving the mat covered, now he spends most of the time curled under the bulb although he is still quite active. Am I doing something wrong ?
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Not feeding ???
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whiffin
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From your post it looks like you feed your corn in his vivarium. This is fine, but it is important that he can't swallow any wood chips whilst feeding - these can hurt him!
What most people do is either feed their snakes outside their viv, or place something smooth inside so that the mouse (and snake's mouth) never touches the wood chips.
Feeding problem: I'm not that experienced at this but ... I've heard a lot of people who put the mouse and snake in a pillow case inside the vivarium and leave over night.
I'd say non feeding is more likely to be due to stress or temperature than the substrate!
HTH
What most people do is either feed their snakes outside their viv, or place something smooth inside so that the mouse (and snake's mouth) never touches the wood chips.
Feeding problem: I'm not that experienced at this but ... I've heard a lot of people who put the mouse and snake in a pillow case inside the vivarium and leave over night.
I'd say non feeding is more likely to be due to stress or temperature than the substrate!
HTH
bmm
New member
agree with whiffin
The feeding problems are probably due to stress and temp, not your wood chips
The good news is that since your corn is 3 years old, taking a break from eating won't harm him for quite some time! they can go amazingly long without food when they are adults. But of course you want him to eat soon!
I would personally, raise the temp up to 85 in the hot spot if you can, with the cool side available (lamp on one side of tank) 80 is almost there, but a couple more degrees higher is best IMHO.
Leave him alone for another week with his slightly higher temps, then try placing the corn in a box with the prey item and leave him alone for a few hours in the box. He *should* eat. Make sure the thawed mouse is quite warm, sometimes just slightly warmer makes them chow down If he doesn't eat come back and tell us and we can start running down the long list of other ideas!!!!
good luck!
bmm
The feeding problems are probably due to stress and temp, not your wood chips
The good news is that since your corn is 3 years old, taking a break from eating won't harm him for quite some time! they can go amazingly long without food when they are adults. But of course you want him to eat soon!
I would personally, raise the temp up to 85 in the hot spot if you can, with the cool side available (lamp on one side of tank) 80 is almost there, but a couple more degrees higher is best IMHO.
Leave him alone for another week with his slightly higher temps, then try placing the corn in a box with the prey item and leave him alone for a few hours in the box. He *should* eat. Make sure the thawed mouse is quite warm, sometimes just slightly warmer makes them chow down
If he doesn't eat come back and tell us and we can start running down the long list of other ideas!!!! good luck!
bmm