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Snake suddenly does not eat

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Greatcocojoe

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Hello everyone,
I would like some advice on a matter. I have a 3 year old male corn called Tango. He has been fine the past year. Due to work i was not able to feed him for 14 days, when i fed him his usual adult mouse everything was kinda fine except beforehand he was very active in his viv, and i mean Very active. I feed live mice since getting frozen here is almost unideal and unrecommended by local fellow snake lovers. I watch every feeding session with my prongs to make sure the feeding goes well. This time my snake has failed to catch the mouse 3 times in a row in his own viv. Finally the mouse was caught in his own house. Tango managed to "finish him off" aka squeeze to death and i left. After the feeding he seemed less active but still more active then what a snake that had just fed should be. A day later i find the corpse of the mouse at the corner of the viv, Tango unintrested. The mouse seems to havent been eaten but i swear he wasnt at the corner the past day. What should i do and does anyone have an idea on why this has happened? Is it because he wants to go and mate? But its not even mating season. Also should i feed him a new mouse?
 
Tango has gotten down to the mouses head. Then gave up and decided not to eat again. This is weird, im getting rid of this mouse, something isnt right.
 
Hi cocojoe! Are you saying your snake regurgitated the mouse? Your post is unclear. You say he gave up and decided not to eat again AFTER having the mouse almost all the way down?

BTW, it IS mating season, though I'm uncertain of how it would be affected on the opposite side of the planet. Didn't know they had corns in Shanghai!

And YES! Get rid of that mouse (if it's an option!) pronto!! A day-old mouse CAN'T be good!
 
Thanks for your reply, im saying i think he hasnt regurgitated the mouse last night although im not completely sure, when i said he decided to "eat" again today, he started head first and got only half way down the head, then he gave up. He only had the mouse like 10% down. Over here mating season is in the spring and now its time for baby corn snakes to be coming out or soon, thats what the breeders tell me. But he is a wild type classic corn snake so his heritage may be a bit more "western" so hes getting a bit "matey" now.
 
Greatcocojoe said:
btw sorry about my english, its not the best.
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S'OK! I think I understand. :) I would venture to say that your snake, upon getting a small taste, knew something was rotten in Denmark (or in your case, Shanghai! Lol!!), and let GO of it before it GOT HIM in another way!

I'd say that's a good sign (that your snake is hungry) as food, so long as your snake can keep it down and digest it, will contribute to a strengthening of its immune system. If your snake regurgitated the mouse, I believe you would have been able to tell. When he constricted the mouse, did you actually SEE him swallow it? He may have begun the process and then abandoned it afterwards due to the hormonal tide resulting from mating season.

Maybe the mouse was on the large side, as that can be another reason for him NOT to swallow it after he constricted it?

I would offer your snake a smaller-than-usual mouse for this upcoming meal, then if he digests it, just revert back to his normal-sized meals for his next feeding. If, for some reason, he declines it, it is probably due to mating/breeding season. Worst case, if he accepts it and upchucks it, I would follow the regurgitation protocol though I'm not certain of where it is, exactly, so a search beginning with the stickies under Health Issues/Feeding Problems might prove to yield positive results.

Just a couple of suggestions! Hope this helps!
 
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