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Snake Not Eating???

Spitfire

Spitfire

Snakeless
Hey guys. I recently bought a cornsnake and brought it hopme in the container it was sold to me. It was in a plastic container withholes for air in it. It also had a water bowl and was filled with aspen. On its regular feeding day (Tuesday), I drooped a frozen and thawed pinky in her cage. I picked up Spitfire, the snake, and put her face on the mouse. She instantly ate it. The next week I tried the same but she refused to eat. The same happened the next two weeks. Today I'm going to go and set up her caage her it'll be a lot warmer. Is it the temperature thats making her not eat or what?:confused:
 
the first thing i want to say, is be VERY careful feeding your snake on aspen, if she was to ingest some of it then it can lead to lots or problems. although aspen is my favourite substrate.
my advice, (i do a very similar thing with my corn) is try to get a small plastic box (a deli cup is ideal) and put a pinky in there, then put your snake with it (so there is only the pinky and the snake in there, nothing else) pop the lid on (dont forget airholes lol) and place back into the tank (to get the right temps) leave your snake alone for about 1hour and come back to see is the pinky has been eaten. if it hasnt (it probably would have in my experience) then leave it alone again for an hour. if it still hasnt eaten in a couple of hours remove your snake and put her back into the viv. remember snakes are shy animals so it may be your presence that is making her not want to eat.
also i recomend feeding at dawn or dusk as that is natural hunting times, other wise try diming the lights.
also about increasing the temps, you want to aim for about 85c in the warm end and about 70-75 in the cooler end.
hope this helps, any more questions feel free to ask again. :)
 
I feed mine in a seperate cardboard box with some paper towel in it. I warm it up on a heating pad first, then place her in it, and then the mouse. Once she's eaten, I transfer her back to her viv, and she goes into her hider cave. I can partially close the lid if she seems to be bothered by people. I usually leave the lights off in the room, using only the heat lamp, and ambient light from another room to see by. She's never been a difficult feeder though, and doesn't seem to be bothered by somebody watching her.
 
also intead of putting the snake near the pinky, try wiggling the pinky in front of the snake with some tongs or tweezers
 
I think it is important to point out that snakes don't eat every time. This could be due to any of a dozen reasons such as shedding, genetics, metabolism, temperature/environmental changes, stress, breeding, ect.

Most of the keepers that I know don't even worry until ~3 weeks has passed without a meal. Relax and don't sweat the little things. Hungry snakes will eat sooner or later. ;)
 
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