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Snake won't eat!

cornsnakes101

cornsnakes101

Two Corns and Growing!
My girl Diabla has refused her food her last feed which was last thursday and I don't know why. Shes fed with me three times with no problems since I purchased her, which was at the beginning of March. Shes defecated the last meal and has shown no signs of going into "blue". I called the herp vet when she didn't even show any interest in the pinkie and refused it and they told me to try again in a few days which I did just now I even brained it and shes still not showing any interest! I'm starting to get worried. They also told me to bring her in if she hasn't eaten by her next scheduled feeding, which I'm afraid she won't and I don't have the money right now to pay for a vet visit considering I'm going to have to pay for driving school and other expenses in April. I'm so stressed right now being the worried daddy of all my pets, this is my first snake and I don't know what I'm doing wrong she was fine a week ago but on the bright side she is still really active. I don't know what to do, all suggestions are welcome and appreciated. :headbang:
 
There's still a possibility that your snake may be going into blue, even if you don't see any signs... Check her belly, does it look different in any way? When my snakes are getting ready to shed, usually their belly changes before anything else and sometimes it's not even noticable, especially if you've got a light snake. But since she's eaten for you successfully three times, there's still a good chance that she may eat for you again soon. Sometimes babies can go for months without food and still be fine. If it's only been a week, you shouldn't worry too much, it's still early. Just remind yourself that she MAY be going into blue so just keep an eye out. Hope this helps, good luck!
 
Yea that has been in the back of my mind all this time but like I said this is my first snake and I have no idea what the signs of blue is. But I actually did notice something different with her scales, some of them seem to be loose there's one on her head and few throughout her body and tail so I don't know if that's one of the signs. At first I thought she shed but I searched the whole tank for the shed and couldn't find it so like you said she may be going into blue, that's what I'm hoping for at least.:uhoh:
 
Loose scales are not a sign of a snake going into blue.... I'm not even completely sure what you mean when you say that some scales are loose :shrugs: Is it possible for you to post some pics? The thought of a snake having "loose scales" kind of concerns me... Some signs a corn snake is going into blue would be a blue belly, dulled colour, blue/milky eyes (in a later stage), and sometimes a loss of appetite. Another thing that has just occurred to me.... Usually when my snakes are beginning their shedding cycle (with no clear visual signs of going into blue) they will start to be less active and hide much more... You should still try a couple more feeding tries before you begin to get really concerned, but only offer her food on her scheduled feeding days. If you offer her food too often, it could stress her out and prolong her feeding strike...
 
Yea well I guess I didn't describe the "loose scales" as well as I wanted to. What I mean is that there is still the original scale there but there is like a dull duplicate like when a snake sheds. And to answer your question yes I will post pics with this post.

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Hope these help you can kinda see what im talking about in the second one
 
You need to get a direct link URL of the picture to place inside the [ IMG] [/ IMG] code. Try using photobucket or tinypic to upload your photos to get a URL :)
 
Well here are the pics I promised like I said before I hope these help. I took one of her head and one of her belly(came out kinda fuzzy).

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Snake Shed!

YAYY!!!!! Whoo I don't have to worry any more she was just shedding! But the only thing is there is still some dead skin attached so I put her into a container filled with wet paper towels. I am going to leave her in there for a couple hours. I'm so relieved I thought I was going to go to the vet. Can I resume feeding(Her feeding day is tomorrow) or should I wait a couple day? Any other information about shedding and post shedding even pre shedding for that would be appreciated.
 
I don't see anything wrong with offering her some food tomorrow, go ahead and give it a try! Good luck! And congrats on the snake shed :D
 
Thanks I'm so excited! I guess I need to study up more on shedding and offer a little more humidity next time. Hopefully she will eat this time.
 
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