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Baby corn not eating should I worry so much yet?

corn2012

corn2012

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Hi there! I'm new to posting, I've been viewing threads for about two months now but figured I should join up.
We have a baby caramel corn she's just over 2 months. We have had her for a month now. She didn't keep down her last meal at the pet store we got her from, so because I started reading posts before we actually got her I knew to wait a while then fed her half a pinkie. She kept it down no problem. The next week she ate a full (but very tiny) pinkie. Since then she hasn't eaten anything. We are at 2.5 weeks of not eating.
We tried a smaller feeding bin, and tried cutting a pinkie, and braining. Last night I tried the small deli container with a kitchen towel over it, but still nothing. Its kinda weird how nervous I am about her eating. I never thought I'd get SO attached to her so quickly!
Okay so now the basics... Her hot side is heated under tank and sits at 84 and hygrometer is at 41 and her cold side is at 76 but 72 at night. I'm measuring the heat on top and in middle of the aspen. I've seen her drink often. Shes very active, even moves around during the day sometimes.
I've kept lizards and frogs but never a snake so just want to make sure I'm doing things right, any ideas or advice would be greatly appretated.
Thank you so much!!!:eek:
 
When is the last time she shed? When you say she is very active, is she very active today?
 
Have you tried leaving her in the deli container with the food overnight? Sometimes nervous eaters need absolute quiet and dark before they feel safe enough to eat. Just put the deli container back into her living tank, at the cool end. Set her up just before you go to bed, then no checking until you get up for breakfast.
 
Wow! You guys rock, very quick responses!!
She has not shed while we've had her so I'm not sure when the last one was. She did have some scales lifted on the top of her head but she got them off last week. She has been hiding all morning but has just poked her head out. When I say very active I mean she motors around her viv. From hot side to cold side, in her water dish or going through the leaves. She normally always has her head poking out of where ever she is, I think she's snoopy ;)
I left her and pinkie for about 4 hrs... I guess I kinda felt mean leaving her trapped all night. I did put the container in her viv on the cold side.
 
Wanted to add that she is a super sweety and wont bite, even with tease feeding. She just turns away. Also tried putting pinkie in boiling water for 30 secs and she wasn't interested. Always turns the opposite way of her food.
Looks like I need to buy some Ivory soap. Is this dish or hand soap? And do I just soak it and pat dry without rinsing soap off?
 
How often are you attempting to feed? I wouldn't go any more often than every four days.
 
Oh I've been waiting for her feeding days, so Sundays normally. Guess I'll do every four days! Thanks
 
My husband did the deli last night for her, I thought it was too soon to try again. Guess he was right... Crap, hate it when he's right ;)
 
No she wanted no part of it! I don't understand what's going on with her. This weekend when we try again it'll be three weeks without eating. I'm getting worried! And don't understand why she's taking this brake. She ate twice for us before these past three weeks
 
I'd leave her completely alone for a week, then boil a pink. Literally pour just boiled water over a thawed pink until it goes pale and rubbery. Then put it in a small feeding tub with her and leave overnight.
 
I purchased a corn from a petshop, she was not interested in eating as well. I took a fecal sample to my Vet and she had round worms. The worms make them feel like they are full. After 2 dewormings she was worm free. Then came the hard part of getting her to eat again. I rubbed her pinkys on an anole and that got her eating again.
 
So I went to the store where I got her from, and talked with the lady who sold her to me. She thinks that my snake is not eating because I switch her from a basking light heating to an under tank heating. I'm not so sure about this... maybe. I had a 75 watt light heating up the tank for the snake before I got her, but the heat was bring temps over 90. Which is why I got the under tank heater, because after tons of reading that seems like what most snake owners use.
While there I bought an Exo Terra digital thermometer with probe. I've measured both sides, the cool side is at 72.5 seems a little too cold but she likes hanging out over there during night. Warm side is at 86.2 and that is where she is now.
The lady said try feeding every other day, and to put pinkie in tap hot water for 20 mins before feeding. Leave her in container covered for 5 hrs
 
If she is 2 months old, and you she hasn't shed while in your care yet and you have had her for a month, she should be shedding really soon. I have one that is the same age as yours that ate for me 3 times feeding every 4-5 days, and then refused for a week and a half. But the difference is she wasn't cruising everywhere, she found this spot in the back of her viv and sat still for a long time. Thought she was sick but one day I noticed she had moved, found the shed, and tried to feed her and she took it instantly and all was back to normal. 3 weeks of refusing is a long time for a snake to be working on a shed though, but I don't know what else it could be. They shed pretty much monthly around this age.
 
They shed as they grow, so if they don't eat, they don't grow and they don't shed.
 
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Here's how she looks today.
 
Then keep the water level very low until the next bowel movement. Put the poopy water in a baggie and bring that to the vet. They'll find nematode eggs from that sample if they're present. In fact, you can too if you have a microscope at your school! Not to steer you away from a vet, but just as a learning experience.
 
Well we are at three full weeks at not eating. The last day she ate was Aug 27. I'm so worried about her. Last night we put her in a container with a full pinkie and one cut in half. We left her till this morning, and nothing!! We haven't been holding her at all during this problem. She is still moving around like she always has, and I've seen her get out at least once per day/night to have water.
 
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