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Two new snakes, one wont eat.

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bleedswedish

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I recently received my first two corns. One of eats fine while the other wont even pay attention to it. Its only been a little over a week but still i fret.
Ive read all the things on this forum about it and was wondering if i should just continue to try and feed it or start trying different things?
 
My first question is are they housed together? If so then it could be the stress of cohabitating that is causing the one not to eat. I would make sure your snakes live in separate cages. Also, have you had them long? You should give them around 5 days to settle in if you just got them. Don't try to feed every day - I'd do every 4-5 days at most (some say 3-4). I wouldn't worry until it's been a couple of missed feedings for your little one, just leave them alone and check all your temps/setup.

~Katie
 
Yes they are housed together. I am working on setting up another housing for the one who wont eat but it doesnt seem like she is intimidated by the other as they are always curled up together in their hides. If you have any other ideas than setup another another housing then they would be much appreciated but in the mean time i will be working on another setup.
 
My guess is that even if the non-eating one doesn't seem intimidated it might be or it might just be stressed from having to share living quarters. Get that second set up ASAP and in the mean time make sure there are more hides than usual so that they can get away from eachother.

~Katie
 
It seems that no matter how many hides there are they always choose the one together but who knows im workin on the other setup and should be a go by tomorow or friday at the latest
 
were your snakes housed together from hatchlings and never sperated? its recommened to have your snakes seperate but i have 2 housed together which have never been sperated since they were hatched and i have had no problems with them eating eachother, or eating their food.(knocks on wood) however if they are different sexes you will want to get seperated vivs. with your food problem, try poking the heads of the mice so the snakes can smell the mouses brains :) if that doesn't work try putting your snakes in a spereate container with the snakes in the dark and leave it tell morning.
 
misskendall said:
its recommened to have your snakes seperate but i have 2 housed together which have never been sperated since they were hatched and i have had no problems with them eating eachother, or eating their food.(knocks on wood)
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Just because you can't see any problems doesn't mean there aren't underlying ones. Not to mention you better be pretty sure of the sexes of your snakes as well - even if they were popped as hatchlings you'd want to have them probed to make sure. I'd also like to mention that anyone who has had issues with cannibalism didn't have them in the past but sure didn't keep any together after that ;)

~Katie
 
my snakes were both PROBED females :) it was definitely hard to watch, and yes this is such a debatable topic.. my breeder actually recommended me to buy the two snakes together and house them together.. and the reptile show this year i also asked 3 other breeders.. 1 which said corns would never eat eachother(don't ask me how he became a breeder.lol)..one said as long as they were hatched together and housed together..and the last one said they shouldn't be together.
 
Its time!

ok so the new setup is ready. now the question is which snakes should i change to the new setup the one thats been eating or the one thats hasnt? Can't wait to hear from you
 
Its been three weeks since i got my snakes they have been in theyr own tanks for a little more than a week now and yet the one still does not want to eat.

I've tried braining, the soap trick, leaving them together all night, soaping braining all night now i have to try and find live pinkies i guess. If anyone has any other ideas please tell me i want to try everythingbefore i have to resort to force feeding cuz shes just so small and i feel like i will hurt her.

Thanks again.
 
What kinds of food have you tried since you got her? Some don't go right after the pinkies. If you haven't tried frozen, I'd try that instead of live. If thatd oesn't work, try getting a couple of small lizards or anoles to feed it and see if they go after that. It could be as they started feeding in the pet store or wherever you got it from they were feeding it something other than pinkies. You may want to try putting them in a smaller area as well such as a container or tuppleware box. That way its only the snake and the food, no surroundings (also make sure you leave them be in a darker area). Let me know if this is of any help. If not I apologize, but I've seen these suggestions before from other members (although I've never had a feeding problem). Just letting you know in case yopu may have missed these kinds of threads.
 
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