I got a corn snake about 3 weeks ago, and she is refusing to eat. I've tried feeding her three times (offered food 2x one week, and once so far this week). She has refused every time. I asked LLL Reptiles for help and they said to not touch her, completely ignore her except to make sure she has water for a whole week. She still refused. They said she was on live, but I think next time I have to try frozen/thawed because it's not working. Any tips or tricks you guys have? She's a beautiful butter motley, and I'm starting to worry about my new girl, Popcorn
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New Corn Snake refusing to eat
- Thread starter MissMarie
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Carpe Serpentis
Hybrid Snake Lover
Are you offering her live food? You could of course brain the little one or otherwise excise a small bit of tissue or fluid out of your pinky to entice her to eat. Give her some privacy, cover her enclosure and see if after 15-30 minutes she hasn't latched onto her prey. Perhaps give her a smaller enclosure to eat in as well.
I had her in a 10 gallon but she's so tiny it was spooking her or something, she never came out of hiding and all that so I moved her down to a Medium Exo Terra Reptile Den Flat Home. It's small, but she's out more, though I had to give her 3 hiding spots (kinda hard in such a small cage). So, I've been feeding her in there. I have been offering live, because I assumed that might help entice her? I left her with the pinky for an hour and a half (placed her into darkness, made sure she still had warmth, etc etc). The temperatures in the cage are right because she goes back and forth between the front and the back, spending equal time in all parts of the cage.
Good news! She finally ate today! I'm quite proud of her, and glad to see she is eating now. I was thrown by her because my male is the true perfect re-entry snake. He has never been an issue. He's never struck at my hand (even when he got himself stuck on tape and had to let me work on him for hours to free him) and he eats reliably every time. No matter what's goin on, he eats every time, no argue, no fuss. He's just learning to strangle his prey but otherwise he is golden. So, he's my no fuss boy, and she's a bit of fuss. I'm proud of her for eating finally!
