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Question regarding not eating and heat

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NCSUjle

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I have a 2003 snow stripe that has not eaten for two weeks. I am assuming, from everything I have read in the past few weeks, that this is no cause for alarm quite yet. I am just curious about temperature, and if this may affect eating habits, when it is too high. I just checked the temperature of the warm side (a glass aquarium sitting on a piece of tile with a heating pad attached, with newspaper as substrate for now), and it is about 90 degrees. I know this is a bit high, so I just now placed another layer of newspaper, which will hopefully allow enough heat through, and yet not too much. I guess my question is really whether or not you all think this will urge my snake to eat or not... I have tried leaving pinks in over night, as well as dangling and wiggling it in front of her face. I know most of the other methods people have suggested for getting snakes to eat. I am not too alarmed, I guess, because she has eaten for me before just fine. I have had her for a little over a month, and she has eaten for me three times, the last time being the 5th of July. She shed for the first time since I have owned her around the 10th of July. Any thoughts? thanks.
 
IMHO as long as you provide a cool side, and the heat is in a gradient you are o.k. If one side is 90 and then dips right to room temp, I can see that causing a problem.

My corns all have hottest side 90, then a gradual lowering to room temp and none have regurged, and all eat more than good~ (pigs!). But make sure she has acsess to all temp ranges not just two. :D

Anyways maybe try the good old putting her in a dark secure box overnight with prey item. If that doesnt work wait some more days and then maybe try braining the prey item, or scenting it. Last resort, try a live pink. But give time in between each attempt for her to relax from the last.

bmm
 
How do you go about a gradual gradient, I am curious =) My other snakes are in the same type of cage, with one side being hotter, and the other side room temperature (which is in the 70s), and they all eat just fine. THE only difference I can think of is that all of my other snakes are 2002s. My non-eating snow is a 2003.

Thanks :)
 
Well its fairly easy with a cage that's large enough. It may be harder in smaller cages, in which case a hot spot of 82-85 works fine in conjunction with room temp cool side. I just find they use the 90 hot spot more if they have a gradient from 90-room temp across the cage.

I also use long cages so this is easier for me. And by no means is this the best or only way to heat corns. Like I mentioned a hot spot of 82-85 and the rest of the cage room temp can work just fine.

Just try some of the tricks over the next few days/week or so. Hopefully one will work. If not then update us and maybe someone or me can give you more advice as to a next step.

bmm
 
Sometimes the little ones need a "kick start" to start feeding again. There are many methods that require a little trial and error to find something that works. Is this one keeping on the weight??
 
She seems just fine, and very active. She doesn't seem as though she is thinning, and shows no signs of sickliness or anything. I think everything with her is fine, except she turns her nose away from food!!
 
My experience has been that when the temperature is on the higher end of the normal range (upper 80's), then this makes hatchlings more likely to eat since the metabolism is higher at the higher temperature.
Mark
 
Update

I think I may have found my problem... I just tried one of my pinkies from a different supply (from RodentPro), and she's gobbling it up as I type.

There is nothing wrong with the other batch of mice I was using, as all of my other snakes have eaten those just fine (but they are all larger than my snow, they are all 2002s), but she wouldn't accept them. I am down to my last little bit of them, so I think that maybe they've simply been in the freezer too long, and weren't as fresh as my RodentPro ones... so either way, she ate, and I am happy.

I will try feeding her again after she poops, just so she has some more food in her, since it's been kind of a while.

Thanks for everyone's help:)
 
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