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still wont eat.

caveman

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I tried to put caveman in a little box with a frozen pinky but it still wont eat, and he wont drink intill I put him in water and he has a nice water bowl. The store owner said that I have to big of a tank for him and that he was in a ten gallon tank there and now I have him in a 30 gallon. I tried to put the pinky in some chicken broth, butt he still wont eat.Also how do you tell if it's a boy or girl.
 
caveman said:
I tried to put caveman in a little box with a frozen pinky but it still wont eat, and he wont drink intill I put him in water and he has a nice water bowl. The store owner said that I have to big of a tank for him and that he was in a ten gallon tank there and now I have him in a 30 gallon. I tried to put the pinky in some chicken broth, butt he still wont eat.Also how do you tell if it's a boy or girl.

Welcome to the forum! The main forum directory and each sub-forum has a 'search' function at the top of them. Use this tool, and you will find that your questions have been answered many times. And you won't have to wait for people to post replies- there are many, many replies to your questions already.

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For sexing, you need to probe/pop him/her...recommend you get a professional. For Feeding issues...i assume when you say a "a frozen pinkie" you mean a THAWED pinky, correct? Have you tried braining? That..is the extent of my knowledge..I appologise.
 
Similar Problem

My snake didn't eat for nearly a month.

I was told this by Don. Thaw the pinkie, then wash it using a paper towel with ...windex. Yes, Windex. Rinse the mouse very well!!! Not touching the mouse, toss it onto another dry paper towel and blot dry.

Place mouse (still not touching it) into a tupperware container that you will put your snake in as well. Close lid( do make a few air punches in it) and cover the entire viv with a dark towel. Turn off the lights and time your snake for 1 hour. He should eat then.

I was told that if you keep forcing them to eat, you can cause them to have a rxn that they will NOT want to eat and you will wind up with an anorexic snake.

Now mine won't stop eating.
 
amcgltdchix said:
My snake didn't eat for nearly a month.

I was told this by Don. Thaw the pinkie, then wash it using a paper towel with ...windex. Yes, Windex. Rinse the mouse very well!!! Not touching the mouse, toss it onto another dry paper towel and blot dry.

Wow, i'm guessing Don is Don S. from South Mountain Corns...gotta say I've never heard that trick before...I'm guessing something in the windex breaks down the pinky and really gets the smell going?...:shrugs:

If your baby continues to reject thawed prey you can always try a live pinky, using the same feeding methods you've already tried...
 
amcgltdchix said:
I was told this by Don. Thaw the pinkie, then wash it using a paper towel with ...windex. Yes, Windex. Rinse the mouse very well!!! Not touching the mouse, toss it onto another dry paper towel and blot dry.
windex?? i would that it would harm ur snake :shrugs:
 
I haven't heard that one, but since I have several non-feeders that have refused EVERYTHING, including live anole babies, it's worth a try. And if it works, I'll be singing praises for this method.
 
Windex?

:cool: That sounds really scary to me. Would u drink windex, not I. In addition I was told that if you thaw directly in H2O it can dillute the natural smell of the pink(although my snow doesn't care). I would definately feel more comfortable with the other methods such as braining or dipping in tuna juice first. Let us know how it goes.
 
try using a pin and putting a hole though the pinks head so a little bit of brain is showing and leave it in with the snake over night. this worked for me grate my snake didnt eat for like 2 weeks. mind you when you the snake last shead? if it was around 3 - 4 weeks ago it could be due to shead soon (reason for not eating). hope what i said above works it did for me anyway.

anouther problem could be stress try cut down handeling if you handel the snake a lot.
 
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