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I have bought a 1 1/2 years old you adult male last Feb. He is doing fine and stop eating for quite sometime (5 weeks). Through this forum I understand that they usually do that when it is the breeding season. Last friday, I notice that his colour turn completely pale for two days and the colour has now coming back, he start eating again does it mean that he has come out of the breeding circle? And he also shaded. He ate 5 big pinky yesterday and I notice that he came out tonight and passed out a milky white solution from his tail, I wonder what was that, can anyone tell me? It is really white like milk! I read a lot of books about corn snake and I never saw any information about the sex circle of the male snake? Can anyone inform me, Many thanks.

Richard-Gouda:)
 
I would say that your snake just decided that he was hungry...The reason the snakes color turned pale was because the old skin was "breaking away" from the new skin...That is typical during the shedding process...The white stuff was urates...


HTH
 
The white was most likely pee/urates.

The cornsnake wants to breed early spring to summer so some males will become more infatuated with finding a lady, then looking for food. This will last sometimes two months, sometimes more or much less. They are very active, searching the cage a lot. And then eventually when the summer starts heating up, or when they decide no ladies are to be found (i.e. hormonally I believe they know its out of season now, not sure though) he will start eating again like yours did.

Could happen every year, or not. Just natural though.

:)

bmm
 
My 12 month old Hypo ended a 6 week hunger strike this week and is back to his usual self. I guess he decided that nothing was going to happen this year. :D
 
Thanks a lot for all the information, I think the people at the pet shop should be more informative so that I will not worry when my snake stop eating at that period of the year.
One more thing that he use to eat frozen hoppers before the strike, en since saterday, I bought 5 live fussy and he eat them all at one go. I hope that he will go back to frozen hoppers at time.:p

Richard - gouda
 
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