I have a 10 year old corn snake who was an excellent eater until 5 weeks ago. The snake feeds mostly on frozen mice, but occasionally we feed it live mice. In these past five weeks she has not eaten at all, frozen or live mice. I have left a live mouse in the tank for three days (in three separate occasions) and the snake has not eaten. The snake is active, healthy, alert. What do you suggest I do?
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snake not feeding
- Thread starter Calvinsha
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Karl_Mcknight
Common Sense Holder
wait her out. She will eat when she's ready. It's breeding season and a lot of snakes stop eating when they are wanting to breed. As long as she seems healthy and active don't worry about it. A full grown snake can live many many months without food. 5 weeks is nothing. I've heard of snakes not eating for 4 or 5 months and then coming out of it.
jagodzinski
New member
Like what Karl said, some snakes go off food during this time of year. Just make sure they have fresh water and behavior seems okay. While I feed frozen/thawed (no personal experience with live mice), I know that live mice can actually injure your snake, so if you are going to feed live, I would if possible avoid leaving the mouse alone with your snake.
Also, I see these are your first posts so welcome! I hope everything works out well with your snake, feel free to ask any other questions you have.
Also, I see these are your first posts so welcome! I hope everything works out well with your snake, feel free to ask any other questions you have.
Snakes know when they need to eat and don't. As they age, they get more and more in tune to their own bodies.
One note...please don't leave a large live mouse in a snakes cage for any length of time. The mouse can and will bite/chew on the snake and that's a whole new can of worms. I feed live - that's not my problem - but they don't get left in over night and I definitely don't offer them to the snakes without stunning or killing if they have teeth.
It's also possible that having the mouse run around in there is stressing her enough to not eat. I have some snakes that won't eat if it's live and running around, but will if it's not running around.
One note...please don't leave a large live mouse in a snakes cage for any length of time. The mouse can and will bite/chew on the snake and that's a whole new can of worms. I feed live - that's not my problem - but they don't get left in over night and I definitely don't offer them to the snakes without stunning or killing if they have teeth.
It's also possible that having the mouse run around in there is stressing her enough to not eat. I have some snakes that won't eat if it's live and running around, but will if it's not running around.