isaac124
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i am curious to know why my snake has not eaten for 4 weeks now.
is it possible that a f/t mouse that looks and smells just fine to me could be inedible to a snake? am i thawing my mice the right way? (under hot running water in a bowl from my faucet. is how i am doing it)
If so, is it possible that if i buy some new frozen mice that they will be more palatable?
also I'm feeding her adult mice? I'm wondering if they could be too big... but she has at least eaten 4 adult mice so far..
even though she quit eating, she continued to defecate every week, as regularly as ever. this could mean that even though she is wide enough for an adult (according to the kathy and bill Love comprehensive owners guide), perhaps her digestive system can't process that size of food in one week with the much higher amount of waste which is produced from the large boney adult mice.. she is only 1.75 years old after all.
i have posted a picture of her poop as well in case any of you might see something unusual about it.. i don't know...
This is the second eating problem.. first was because of stress i think... it happened after our 3 day road trip to new york from Iowa in the middle of winter.. i kept her in the cage which is pictured, and that cage is the cage i keep her in here.. some light gets in.. but not a huge amount. i will say that during the trip she was probably exposed to 50-70 degree F temperature for the entire trip.
there are holes all around and holes on top, and i line it with news paper, use half a cheerio box for a hide over the uth controlled with a rheostat and monitored with a thermometer @80-85 degrees F, i also have a water dish easily large enough for her to soak in, i clean the cage weekly and water her only good bottled water cause the water here isn't so great.. it was surely stressful for the snake because i had to take the snake with the cage inside at each hotel.. (it's pretty fun to be able to bring your snake with you to a hotel!) also the cloth over the plastic cage is there to make it so you can't see through because there is a rule against snakes where i live, so i have to "hide" her. even though i make the claim that things are good here,
perhaps the trip made her natural reproductive cycle begin and now she won't eat because she wants a mate in stead. i guess spring is here in some parts of the country too.. 6-7 weeks after i brought her over from iowa she decided to stop eating for 4 weeks now.
when should i start to panic? when should i try getting a mouse bloody or doing a pinky head, or "force feeding." i don't know...
each time i have tried feeding her, first i try it in the open, then i put it in the cage with her and let her alone with it for an hour..
is it possible that a f/t mouse that looks and smells just fine to me could be inedible to a snake? am i thawing my mice the right way? (under hot running water in a bowl from my faucet. is how i am doing it)
If so, is it possible that if i buy some new frozen mice that they will be more palatable?
also I'm feeding her adult mice? I'm wondering if they could be too big... but she has at least eaten 4 adult mice so far..
even though she quit eating, she continued to defecate every week, as regularly as ever. this could mean that even though she is wide enough for an adult (according to the kathy and bill Love comprehensive owners guide), perhaps her digestive system can't process that size of food in one week with the much higher amount of waste which is produced from the large boney adult mice.. she is only 1.75 years old after all.
i have posted a picture of her poop as well in case any of you might see something unusual about it.. i don't know...
This is the second eating problem.. first was because of stress i think... it happened after our 3 day road trip to new york from Iowa in the middle of winter.. i kept her in the cage which is pictured, and that cage is the cage i keep her in here.. some light gets in.. but not a huge amount. i will say that during the trip she was probably exposed to 50-70 degree F temperature for the entire trip.
there are holes all around and holes on top, and i line it with news paper, use half a cheerio box for a hide over the uth controlled with a rheostat and monitored with a thermometer @80-85 degrees F, i also have a water dish easily large enough for her to soak in, i clean the cage weekly and water her only good bottled water cause the water here isn't so great.. it was surely stressful for the snake because i had to take the snake with the cage inside at each hotel.. (it's pretty fun to be able to bring your snake with you to a hotel!) also the cloth over the plastic cage is there to make it so you can't see through because there is a rule against snakes where i live, so i have to "hide" her. even though i make the claim that things are good here,
perhaps the trip made her natural reproductive cycle begin and now she won't eat because she wants a mate in stead. i guess spring is here in some parts of the country too.. 6-7 weeks after i brought her over from iowa she decided to stop eating for 4 weeks now.
when should i start to panic? when should i try getting a mouse bloody or doing a pinky head, or "force feeding." i don't know...
each time i have tried feeding her, first i try it in the open, then i put it in the cage with her and let her alone with it for an hour..
