what should I do?

[dek593]

Hello, people.

My two baby corn snakes stopped eating. They`ve fed twice small pinkies since I brough them home a month ago. I`ve been rasing these two guys seperately and I don`t know why these guys stopped eating suddenly. I`ve chekced vivarium setting(Temp. is 88F and Humidity is 60%) and everything was no problem. I`m using paper towel as substrate.
They are not in shedding process. Have you guys experienced like this problem? Both of these guys haven`t eating for almost two weeks. I`m so concerned about these mysterious problem. :<

 

[Sweetseraph]

There are a couple possible reasons.

First, is that they could be shedding. Many snakes simply will not eat if they are getting ready to shed. This is probably a good thing, because sometimes they will throw up if they eat while they are preparing to shed. The shedding process can take more than 2 weeks and you can't always tell if they are getting ready to shed.

Second, the temperature is a little high. Maximum suggested temp for corns is 85, but if you aim for 82-83, that leaves some wiggle room. Where and with what are you measuring the temp? If that is the temp by a probe right on top of the heat pad on the glass, that is a good way to measure, so just turn your heat down a little. If you took the air temp or used a regular thermometer sitting in the tank, that means the temp on the glass is even higher, so you'd need to turn it down quite a bit.

 

[bitsy]

Are the vivs in an area that gets a lot of passers-by? Maybe they haven't yet settled down and got used to movement outside the vivs. If so, it might be worth covering the front of the viv with a shet of newspaper or towel for a couple of weeks, to cut down on what they can see going on in the room.

Might also be worth putting a couple of bunches of crumpled paper towel in with them, to act as extra ground cover and make them feel more secure.