Ghost not eating ??

[BRoSKO]

Hey i just bought 2 of my first corn snakes one of them is not eating at all i got them 3 weeks ago this wensday. I have been trying to feed him pinkies every 3 to 4 days one time i cut the pinkie in half still no luck. any suggestions ? Thanks :santa:

 

[Vasurfr44]

hmmmm.... :shrugs: find a shoe box, or sum container of sum sort..... get the lil guy (or girl) in there and swing the pinkie infront of em.. ??? might work, did with my ghost

 

[BRoSKO]

Yeah ive tried that when hes in his deli cup, i also tried diping the pinkie in tuna juice i read that this helped on a dif post still no go. I have also left him over night with the pink. At first i thought he will eat in due time but after 3 weeks now im starting to get a bit worried should i be ?

 

[zwyatt]

There are lots of things to try and lots of info to be found by using the search function. Off the top of my head you could try: anole scenting (saliva), a live pinky, brained f/t, rat scenting or the head of a rat pinky. There are quite a few other tricks that can be tried as well. I have had the best success with live pinkies. 2 of 3 non-feeders I've had ate a live pinky no problems.
Three weeks isn't an exceptionally long time to go without food. Just keep an eye on him/her and see if it looks skinny or lethargic. 3-4 days between feeding attempts is probably okay, but you might try going 5-6 days. I know it's not that great a difference, but offering too often when they are refusing can cause them to form a habit of just refusing every time they are offered.

 

[MegF.]

You might want to remove the substrate and try feeding in the viv. Just place the well warmed pinky by the doorway of the hide in the evening and leave it there. Usually, they will feel secure enough to pull it into their hider and eat. As stated above, wait until your next normally scheduled feeding time (when they are small on pinkies I feed every 4-5 days). It's possible that putting it in the deli cup or whatever you're feeding in stresses it enough to not want to eat. I had a few like that, but now they eat fine. I did feed in the viv for a while though.

 

[Roy Munson]

It's possible that putting it in the deli cup or whatever you're feeding in stresses it enough to not want to eat. I had a few like that, but now they eat fine. I did feed in the viv for a while though.

I had a number of hatchlings that were like this too. They wouldn't touch a pink in a feeding cup, but if the pink was placed in their little tub, just outside their hide, they would eventually take them. A few of them demanded live for a couple of feedings too, to kick start their appetites.

 

[SnakeAround]

I had a butter hatchling that was on f/t at the breeder but refused for a couple of weeks until I gave in and tried a live pinkie. She immediately started eating it from the butt without strangling. It looked awful and the pinkie screamed but I was glad she decided to eat. I gave a live pinkie the second time and the htird time I offered a live and a f/t and she ate both. Since that days she is my best eater of my '05 snakies!

 

[BRoSKO]

Last night i tried putting the pinky in her cage, at first she started getting a lot more active and i thought she was gana go for it, but them in morning it was still there. So i think that I'm gana have to find some live pinks. I have been trying but no luck , anyone know anywhere in Tulsa that may sell live pinks ?? i haven't found but 1 little pet shop here and no luck on any there .
I appreciate all Ur help thanks :cheers:

 

[BRoSKO]

WOOOOOHOOOOOO :dancer: She at a live pinky just now im so happy