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after feeding my snake i noticed a few things...

bambam1313

bambam1313

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I decided to feed my snake in a different tub again and it works prefectly .. but the mouse i feed her was only a few weeks old due to only ones in the store at the time.

After we feed her and put her back in her viv, i noticed she was more active then normal (as we put it " on the prowel " ). she went into her cave in the geat for a couple hours last night after we feed her and she went wild around the cage but she was in attack mode by what it looked like.. im not sure if i should try to feed her another small mouse or leave her for the two weeks?

she went wild again around 130am in the tank , started drinking water after she calmed down then went in the cold side of her tank .. in her hiding spot. she hasn't moved outta there yet and its 1pm the next day .. and the temp in my room is down past 60 degrees F .. so im wondering if i should try to get her in the heat or if i should leave her be in the freezing cold ?

thanks..
 
What is the temp in her cool side? If it is the same as the room temp, 60 degrees, then from what I know that is way too cold for her to digest.
 
They can go into hunting mode immediately after feeding. This doesn't mean that they need additional food - feeding on demand is a sure way to end up with a chubby snake. If you think you should be feeding more, look at the lump the food leaves in her belly. If it has gone down within 24 hours of feeding, then she's ready for the next sized meal.

As long as you have a decent hide on the warm side, and the warm side is an appropriate temp (not over 88 degrees) then the snake will choose where it needs to be. You should never force a snake into a warm zone, especially after eating. You're risking a regurge. All you can do is provide the optimum conditions - warm and cool temp zones with hides in each - and let the snake do its thing. We don't know better than millions of years of evolution.

Time to take a step back and let the snake get on with it.
 
Well its almost been 24 hours and I don't even see a lump, the mouse was smalled then the biggest part of her body which still isn't very big, she's not a large snake ..
 
They can eat things one and a half times the width of their body (not the head or neck). As the food isn't leaving a lump immediately after swallowing, then it's definitely time to think about moving her up to the next sized mouse.

EDIT TO ADD: I'm assuming you have a youngster - the "24 hour lump" guideline doesn't apply once they hit adult size and are eating adult mice.
 
Mine is a 5year old ghost vorn snake, she usually eats a medium to largeish size mouse, but the pet stores I went to only have small mice
 
It certainly isn't going to hurt her to have one, or a few, smaller than normal meals. Like Bitsy says, don't try to make her move; let her pick the place she wants to settle.
 
alright, thanks I was just worried cause my temp is my room is as low as 50 degrees F and the temp is the cool side of the tank is. At 55 or 60 degrees,
 
Just make sure the warm side is around the mid-80s and there's a hide over there for it to go to. Double-check the temp on the floor under the hide to make sure it's comfortable and let your snake do its thing.

For an adult Corn, two small mice at once would be a safe substitution for one adult mouse.
 
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