I've got a female snow that has pretty much always been a good eater except for a feeding time here or there were she wouldnt eat, but overall shes always been very good with eating. She has now missed 4 feedings in 1 month and during her feeding times she seems to have little to no interest in the mice. She seems very healthy, is quite active, and has had a few defecations since she stopped eating. She is over a year old and about 3 feet long with decent girth. I dont know why she wouls stop eating all the sudden. The only thing I can think of is shes in some type of breeding mode, but I'm not sure if thats it. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to what could be going on.
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female not eating
- Thread starter JBLAZE725
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reptileman34
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wit could be that she is in a breeding mode, corns go into beeding mode right around april. What are your viv. temps and humidity. also has she been stressed in anyway? your temps should be around 86f humidity 45-50%
my hot spot is at 86 degrees and kept there by a dual johnson thermostat setup and my ambient temps are in the low 80's. my humidity is about 50-60% except around shedding time when i up it a little bit. she has had no changes and seems fine otherwise. very active and healthy, she moves around her viv alot and hangs out in her tree, she will go in her hide whenever she wants, she is fine with being handled, she is drinking her water and is hydrated. i'm not sure whats causing her to come off feeding.
reptileman34
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everything seems to be were it should be i would keep a eye on here and try feeding her every 7 to 10 days, a corn can go 10 months without eating and still be perfectly fine so i would not worry to much yet. good luck.
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
I thought females inceased their appetite before breeding? I'd definately want to weigh the snake regularly in case it starts to lose condition, but maybe as this behaviour seems more male you could have 'her' probed just in case?
Im not really worried about it because like i said she seems very healthy and apart from skipping some meals is doing very well. Id just rather have her eating regularly again. After she skips her meals I hold her off till her next feeding 7 days later to see if she'll eat again and I'm hoping she doesnt go 10 months. Also I have had her probed and it did come out as her being female.