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Still Hasnt ate Please help Hurry

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1TimeMoM

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I got a RO Zig Zag baby on the 19th.. I have made 2 attempts to feed him.. from just a pinkie head to a whole pinkie with many slits in it to in a regular feeding container to In a small brown paper bag over night.. Yes I did get the lil bbugger from the pet store. He drinks water reguarly isnt bout to shed.. My thing is should I bring him back or keep trying I have 15 days which will be easter sunday..
 
One thing I didn't mention in my PM is lizard scenting. Do you have wild anoles or house geckos out yet, there??
 
Yes I do have lizards crawling out of every freaking nook an cranny LoL..


Temano.. I got him on a friday they got him on the thursday.. and its a pet store they dont care bout feeding records
 
Whoa, you got him on the 19th? That is like a week ago?

Most people don't suggest you should even try to feed a new snake for the first week you own it. It is nervous and scared of you and it's new home. It is trying to figure out what happened to it's world.

Put him in his cage and leave him alone for another week. Don't pick him up. Don't lift his hide to see what he is doing. Don't try to feed him. Just leave him alone.

In a week, next Saturday, put a pinkie in his cage and the leave the room for 24 hours.
 
1TimeMoM said:
Yes I do have lizards crawling out of every freaking nook an cranny LoL..


Temano.. I got him on a friday they got him on the thursday.. and its a pet store they dont care bout feeding records
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The pet store i got my snake from could produce a feeding record.

I would've thought they'd have let him settle for a few days before selling him.

Oh well.
 
That's the problem with pet shops- you get a two week period in which to return the animal if it fails to feed, but if you do it right and let him settle in for a week, you only get one or possibly two attempts. So she's already handled him and attempted to feed him (before coming to us for help), then let him settle for four more days, and then had the second failed attempt. Now she has to decide by next Saturday if she wants to exchange him. He's a remarkable snake which makes the decision that much more difficult. I suggested two more attempts, double attempts with the first try in a feeding container, after dark, covered, leave alone for two hours, then retry with a different scenting method in a paper bag in his viv overnight. That gives him four more chances to hit on something he feels like eating. I suggested live, (which aren't available) washed, tuna water scented, chicken juice or fat scented, and since lizards are available, I'd try lizard scenting, actually first. I'd let a thawed, room temp pink sit in a tiny container with a live lizard for several hours. (I just don't have it in me to kill or skin a lizard to get a snake going).

Then she can still decide, on the last day, next Saturday, if she wants to keep trying, with no guarantee, or trade him in.
 
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