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STILL non-feeder since Oct!

Steve'sMom

Steve'sMom

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I posted a few weeks ago about my young (1 1/2? foot) Miami male, Quinby, not eating since early October (when I got him). I have now tried EVERYTHING that was suggested to get him to eat. Scenting the mouse did nothing, so I held the live anole by him just to see if he even wanted it....nope. No interest at all. So it's not the kind of food, he just doesn't want anything. He acts like he's brumating, but he lays in his warm hide, which is above a UTH....so the hide is about 85 degrees (using a thermometer and putting the probe right where he lays.) So what is his deal? He looks healthy, he acts healthy when I hold him (which is only when I'm trying to feed). Should I brumate him? Force-feed him? At what point should I be worried?
 
Go ahead and put him into a brief brumation, 2 - 3 weeks should be plenty. Some breeders will do that for problem feeders and it seems to help in some cases. If that doesn't work, then a trip to the vet is in order.
 
Nanci said:
Check him for parasites?? Has he lost much weight?

Nanci
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No, he hasn't lost any weight, he looks the same as he did when I got him. If he had any signs of ill-health, I would have taken him to a vet already. But he seems to just be really stubborn.

I think I will try to brumate him. Thanks.
 
he's 1 1/2 feet and has not eaten for 2+ months? yikes.
I don't know if anyone else thinks this is a good idea but a local corn snake breeder told me that most snakes that go off feed after being sold can be kick started back to eating by semi-force feeding. you get a live pinky, open the snakes mouth and stuff it in. Hold it absolutely still for a about a minute or two then put it down slowly, cover it up and let it do it's thing. This worked for two feedings for a non-feeder of mine but he started spitting them out after that and had to be force fed for three months before he started eating f/t pinkies with anole skin stuck on their nose. He's now eating regular f/t pinkies.
I've never heard anyone suggest this before, maybe someone else can give input on if they think this is a good idea to try. If your snake is 1 1/2 feet it must have been eating good up until you got it.
 
antsterr said:
he's 1 1/2 feet and has not eaten for 2+ months? yikes.
I don't know if anyone else thinks this is a good idea but a local corn snake breeder told me that most snakes that go off feed after being sold can be kick started back to eating by semi-force feeding. you get a live pinky, open the snakes mouth and stuff it in. Hold it absolutely still for a about a minute or two then put it down slowly, cover it up and let it do it's thing. This worked for two feedings for a non-feeder of mine but he started spitting them out after that and had to be force fed for three months before he started eating f/t pinkies with anole skin stuck on their nose. He's now eating regular f/t pinkies.
I've never heard anyone suggest this before, maybe someone else can give input on if they think this is a good idea to try. If your snake is 1 1/2 feet it must have been eating good up until you got it.
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The thing that boggles my mind is he ate one mouse a week after I got him. It wasn't scented or anything special. He's just refused since then. He did shed at one point and that did not make him hungry either. I'm leaning towards a short brumation, because he seems otherwise healthy. If that doesn't work, maybe a force-feed. Don't know how a vet would know if he has something else wrong when I haven't seen poop in so long. :shrugs:
I got him from just a place that sells everything at a reptile show...wouldn't normally, but he was so pretty....
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Guess I'll think twice about that next time :(
 
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