Dumerils not eating

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Brooklynella

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My Little Dumerils hasn't eaten since 10/26.:irked:
Been trying to figure it out and She's making me nervous!

She's in a 40g breeder with half the bottom warmed with a heating pad. I added a 100W ceramic lamp in addition to the 60w inc light used for regular day/night cycle. She never, ever sits over the heating pad so she's effectively only using half the enclosure.
She remains buried pretty much all the time and has been eating F/T med mice. She will cruise for a few hours at night but won't strike at a mouse! Sometimes she looks really interested, sometimes she just turns away. I use tongs and a little wiggle to entice her but she just won't strike.
I suppose it's the change in temp because we did get a cold snap right around the end of Oct. I really can't get the surface temp over 80 deg without baking her.
I suppose I should try feeding live but I can't really see this working. Dumerils are ambush hunters so she really shouldn't pay much attention unless the mouse comes within striking distance. Dangling a live mouse shouldn't be any different than dangling a dead mouse, know what I mean?
In any case, she has me a little worried.:(
 
I think you should really considering trying a live one. If it doesant work by the thirt time you must go to the vet, your snake may be under harms way.
 
Do you have other herps in that room?Do you smoke in their,booming stereo,taunting kids,is the pad working right with no shorts or hot spots?Do you see it drink water?How long have you had it?
 
Try smaller size mouse like a hopper .

I had an Arizona king go from hoppers and great eater to big pain which only takes fuzzies or pinkies and only when I dangle them in front of her tied to string by tail.
The snake close to stopped eating 2 yrs ago vet found nothing wrong and now just use dangle method .

Live will make a difference but go with small mouse .

In your case it could be the tank air is simply not warm enough during the day. By the way not eating since 10/26 isnt anything to strange at all time wise.
 
well its not too strange but how much was he feeding it before,if way too little then you dont want it to go too long,but he may have been stuffing it so it would be fine or just feeding normal.Anyone know how big the snake is?Watch it be like 4 fott and hes feeding it mice,lol,jk.
 
She was born Spring 2007. I bought her 1-2-08. She was always a bit challenging to feed. In general Dums do not like to be stuffed and i'm not one of those power feeder types that tries to get to breeding size in 18 months. She would eat pretty much every 7-10 days but often stretched it to 14 days.
I never measured her but would guess she's 30"-36". She pretty much doubled in size since I got her.
The UTH is "ON". She can feel free to move on and off of it at her discretion. I do not have a t-stat for it. Like I mentioned earlier the surface temp is staying around 80.
 
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