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My snake wont eat Problem

MilesHerp

MilesHerp

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So I got this new corn about 3 weeks ago. Its about a year and a half old and sorta shy. She is extremely calm when handled but gets nervous when anything approaches her in her tank (almost like the smell of rodents makes her nervous). About three days after she was suited in her cage I gave her a fuzzy and she ate it perfectly normal. A week later I try and feed her again and is just nervous and not interested. Today (5 days later) I try again and still no eating. I put her in a plastic tub and left her with the mouse for 15 minutes/ She showed interest and kept rubbing it but wouldn't eat. I know she will eventually eat a mouse one way or the other but I need the peace of mind she is healthy. Any tips for getting her to eat?
 
The first thing I'd try is leaving her in the tub (make sure it's escape-proof and at a comfortable temp) with the fuzzy overnight. Some of them can take their sweet time, especially if they're new and probably still settling in, like your gal. She might prefer the cover of darkness and no observers.
 
I'd put her in her feeding bin, at dusk, in a dark, quiet room, with a nice HOT mouse, cover the whole thing up with a dish towel, set a timer and not peek for one hour. If she hasn't eaten, do that one more time. If she hasn't eaten, either leave her over night, in the bin, in her closed viv, or wait five days.

I have a couple that will climb all over the feeding bin looking for a way out, but if I just cover them and leave, they eat at some point. How big is the bin compared to the snake? It shouldn't be spacious.
 
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Is she a creamcicle? She looks healthy to me. Everyone has already given you some great advice so I bet, given privacy, she will eat.
 
She appears to be a healthy weight, so don't stress too much about her missing a meal or two (they can go a long time without a meal and it won't hurt them). Follow the other advice about leaving her overnight with her mousie and if she doesn't eat it, don't offer a meal again too often. The hungrier she is, the better. Also, probably best not to handle her too much, if at all, until she does have a meal.

On another note, do you know how much she weighs? At that age, I would guess she should be big enough to take bigger prey. Keep her on fuzzies until you get the feeding thing sorted out, but then look into the Munsen feeding plan (by doing a search on here) to see a good idea of what she can probably eat.
 
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