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I can't get our little carpet to eat
- Thread starter Jenstet
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MysticExotics
(formerly NWHeather)
Yeah, that looks like just defecation. It's usually pretty nasty in the water bowl.
snakewispera snr
The Devils Advocate
Try battering the snake around the head with it's food to wind it up..
Hold the food by the tail and bump the left side of the snake (just behind the head) as it turns hit the right side (just behind the head, again) and keep doing this until it bites.. Then pull the tail to feign a fight....
Hold the food by the tail and bump the left side of the snake (just behind the head) as it turns hit the right side (just behind the head, again) and keep doing this until it bites.. Then pull the tail to feign a fight....
UPDATE!!
I went to the expo today and spoke with the breeder. She was very nice and offered to help assist feed the little guy and also offered my son one of her ball pythons in exchange...again. She also told me that one of the same clutch she sent to California was having the same problem not eating.
I bought a live fuzzy and brought the snake out to exchange cages today. We had to move him all around and I figured it was worth a try. I cleaned his water dish again and noticed 4 of these guys in the picture below floating!!!
HE HAS MITES!!
I have been checking every water change but we haven't been handling him. Plus he is darker so I still can't see anything on him. I had to put the specks under a microscope to even confirm that they were insects.
He has been soaking for 4 days straight at this point but I thought okay maybe a shed.
I feel so stupid. All this stress on him and us back and forth trying this trying that. I also feel that he came to us this way. He started soaking right away. He's been suffering for weeks poor little guy.
Off to figure out how to handle this mess. I'm sure there is a sticky somewhere.
UPDATE on the UPDATE:
I spoke with the breeder and she is going to take him back and give my son his money back. She said she will give him the treatments he needs to get rid of the mites.This whole experience has been a bit much so we will be a one snake family for the time being. Especially because I need to make sure the Corn doesn't have any mites.
Thank you so much for all your suggestions and help.
I went to the expo today and spoke with the breeder. She was very nice and offered to help assist feed the little guy and also offered my son one of her ball pythons in exchange...again. She also told me that one of the same clutch she sent to California was having the same problem not eating.
I bought a live fuzzy and brought the snake out to exchange cages today. We had to move him all around and I figured it was worth a try. I cleaned his water dish again and noticed 4 of these guys in the picture below floating!!!
HE HAS MITES!!
I have been checking every water change but we haven't been handling him. Plus he is darker so I still can't see anything on him. I had to put the specks under a microscope to even confirm that they were insects.
He has been soaking for 4 days straight at this point but I thought okay maybe a shed.
I feel so stupid. All this stress on him and us back and forth trying this trying that. I also feel that he came to us this way. He started soaking right away. He's been suffering for weeks poor little guy.
Off to figure out how to handle this mess. I'm sure there is a sticky somewhere.
UPDATE on the UPDATE:
I spoke with the breeder and she is going to take him back and give my son his money back. She said she will give him the treatments he needs to get rid of the mites.This whole experience has been a bit much so we will be a one snake family for the time being. Especially because I need to make sure the Corn doesn't have any mites.
Thank you so much for all your suggestions and help.
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I found something at Petco for right now. It's just a spray but it's something. I did watch the videos on LLLReptile and I'm going to order that but it takes time. I'm not sure if I should go ahead and treat the corn snake like it has mites or wait to see what turns up. We looked him over this evening and didn't see anything but who knows at this point.
6 feet. I feel like we were careful. My husband would get the carpet out and we would handle him for just a few minutes. He wasn't all over our bodies like the corn snake. We held him maybe 6 times total since we've had him and never on the same night as the corn.
Am I just trying to make myself feel better?
Am I just trying to make myself feel better?
insomniac101
Occupant
What Nanci said, or go ahead and treat the corn too. If you handled the corn after handling the carpet, you may have picked up hitchhikers and unknowingly transmitted them to the corn.
What product are you ordering from LLLReptile? I like Provent-A-Mite. Every new animal that comes into my house is kept in an enclosure with aspen bedding that has been sprayed with PAM. I also quarantine for 90 days. I had a mite problem many years ago, and I hate those little buggers!
Kathy
What product are you ordering from LLLReptile? I like Provent-A-Mite. Every new animal that comes into my house is kept in an enclosure with aspen bedding that has been sprayed with PAM. I also quarantine for 90 days. I had a mite problem many years ago, and I hate those little buggers!
Kathy
I ended up calling a bunch of stores and found one store not so close to me (1 hour away) and they have Provent-a-Mite on their shelves, they also said they had Reptile Relief and a couple other choices for spray.
LLLReptile sells Provent-a-Mite and Reptile Relief as a package and with shipping it would have cost $32 and I would have to wait more days than I would like. I'll spend more on gas getting the stuff from the store but I'm going to pick it up tomorrow after I drop off the snake.
I used the spray I got last night from Petco and wiped down all the surfaces around the 10 gallon. I took apart his snake supplies and wiped them down as well. I also sprayed the carpet (the floor carpet not the snake) and then vacuumed and steam cleaned it. I put everything from the 20 in a light bleach solution overnight and then put it on the porch...including the tank. It's 15 degrees out so I feel like it should kill stuff and when I'm ready to clean everything thoroughly I can. I'll do it all again tomorrow after he leaves and then wash all the bedding and curtains in his room. I'll also treat the Corn. I need to look at him more closely like Nanci said around his face and neck. I checked him by running his body through a damp paper towel and inspected him but didn't see anything. My plan was to treat like they suggested in the LLLReptile video....unless people have other recommendations.
We learned a big lesson here as far as quarantine. I'm not excited about putting a pesticide on our corn. LLL recommends treating once a week over 2-3 weeks.
My son didn't handle the snakes on the same day but they are in the same room.
LLLReptile sells Provent-a-Mite and Reptile Relief as a package and with shipping it would have cost $32 and I would have to wait more days than I would like. I'll spend more on gas getting the stuff from the store but I'm going to pick it up tomorrow after I drop off the snake.
I used the spray I got last night from Petco and wiped down all the surfaces around the 10 gallon. I took apart his snake supplies and wiped them down as well. I also sprayed the carpet (the floor carpet not the snake) and then vacuumed and steam cleaned it. I put everything from the 20 in a light bleach solution overnight and then put it on the porch...including the tank. It's 15 degrees out so I feel like it should kill stuff and when I'm ready to clean everything thoroughly I can. I'll do it all again tomorrow after he leaves and then wash all the bedding and curtains in his room. I'll also treat the Corn. I need to look at him more closely like Nanci said around his face and neck. I checked him by running his body through a damp paper towel and inspected him but didn't see anything. My plan was to treat like they suggested in the LLLReptile video....unless people have other recommendations.
We learned a big lesson here as far as quarantine. I'm not excited about putting a pesticide on our corn. LLL recommends treating once a week over 2-3 weeks.
My son didn't handle the snakes on the same day but they are in the same room.