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hello i havent been on these fourms in over a year. but i have a 2 year old corn snake just the basic color ect well for the past 2 and a half weeks he wont eat at first i thought it was the mice so i threw them away and drove to diffrent pet store some problom so i went to diffrent store diffrent mice still no eating i even tride feeding him smaller mice with no luck the most he hasent eatin is for a week and a half but thats becuase he was sheding well he isnt sheding now and is as active as always actualy more active he comes out with his light on but i have no idea whats wrong id take him to a vet but theres no snake vets near me i really just wanna help my little buddy can someone help thanks alot:shrugs:
 
If he's definitely a male, he is probably on the spring hunger strike that a lot of males do at this time of year, when all they've got on their mind is love :)

If his living conditions haven't changed and temps etc are ok, then it's probably nothing to worry about. Do a search of the forum for the words "spring hunger strike" and you should find many posts by other members about it.

Hope that helps,
 
Agreed. Two and a half weeks is pretty normal for a mating season hunger strike. One of mine goes for a couple of months (but perhaps he's particularly keen!).

As long as he's otherwise healthy, I wouldn't worry.
 
So if he's springtime hunger striking, this _can_ go on for several months. I offer food on a weekly basis. If the snake refuses, I skip the next week and offer two weeks later. One of my snakes has only eaten twice since January. It's his second year of this, though, so I am not worried about him.
 
ok and yea all his temp and everything in cage is the same i got him a bigger cage a few months ago but he has eatin fine in it hes got 2 trees and plenty of hiding spots so i guess hel just be fine he just needs a girl snake then :spinner:
 
Corn snakes are odd animals. I used to worry about every refused meal, but not anymore. I just had an unbrumated juvie '06 female eat her first meal in 1.5 months. She never really lost any weight, so I didn't worry much. Sometimes they seem to respond to a change of scene. I bumped her to a bigger tub, gave her a LARGER than usual meal, and changed her rack position. I don't know it that's what made the difference, but she started eating. :shrugs:
 
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