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Wont eat help

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Caleb9299

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I have a pair of bloodreds I bought they ate once 28 days ago but havnt since and one is so hungry it's lower body is sunk in plzz help
 
Here's a list of questions first;
Are they cohabbed?
What are your temps like? Warm side/ cool side/ ambient?
What is your humidity like?
How big are your cages?
How old are the snakes?
How much do they weigh and what are you offering them?
Have you tried slitting, braining, scenting, or other feeding methods?
How often are you offering them food?
 
Yes I have the temp right at 80 and during the day it may get down to 75 but I have them in a 10 gal and every feeding I take them out and pit them in tubs and I have tried slitting twice and I offer food every 4 days or so and they just won't eat
 
Your temps are a little low at 80, I'd bump the warm side up to 85, and never let it get lower than 82! Also, corns do not need a night temp drop- since they are nocturnal, they miss out on the heat of the day anyway, so a drop in temps at night is not needed. If 75 is the temp on the warm side at night, they may be too cold to eat. If they are living in the same cage they are stressed and may not want to eat because of the stress of being unable to get away from each other. I'd go pick up a 12 qt sterilite tub and separate them as soon as you can. Try offering them every week and leave them with the food overnight, I'd bet that once they are separate and left with the food you'll get a feeding response! :) You mentioned that they one is losing weight rapidly- has this happened in the last 4 weeks? Corns shouldn't lose weight that fast, I had a hatchling go almost 4 months without eating before showing signs of weight loss, so you may have something parasitic going on.
 
No the weight loss has been over the period of 20 days and I have them in hatchling containers But I will crank up the temps I got pinkys into them now and I'm going to leave them overnight it's the first time in a week so I hope they eat only one of them has weight loss tho
 
I'm glad you at least got a pink into them. Cranking up the temps may get the other one to eat, but the weight loss that quickly is concerning. I'm hoping that someone with a more experience with weight loss can answer soon- so far I've only had the one hatchling that did not eat, and the weight loss was not rapid. My best guess is that he may have a parasite, but this is just a guess.
 
I hope not I got them From lll reptil and all the other ones I got from there are great just them two are difficult for som reason have hatched baby hatchlings before but have never had this problem
 
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