I posted about a month ago about my daughters cornsnake not wanting to eat. At that time, it hadn't eaten in about 3-4 weeks. I took it to the vet who looked it over and didn't see anything wrong with it, she gave it a dewormer as a precaution which is due for the second dose this week. It still has not eaten. I have tried everything I can think of. I've warmed the pinkies in hot water, I've thawed at room temperature, I've tried feeding it in a seperate small enclosure, I've brained them, dipped them in chicken drippings, I placed two live pinkies in the cage with it yesterday afternoon hoping that if they are available, it will eat them at its leisure. Nothing, it avoids them. I didn't start to panic until just this last week, he appears to be losing weight. He has been more active since he stopped feeding but that won't do him much good if he starves to death. Tank is a 20 gallon long, aspen substrate large water bowl in the middle, hide on each end. Warm end runs 75-80 cool end 70-75. Humidity stays right around 65%. Someone has to have some idea. My daughter loves this snake, and I'd like to keep her experience with reptiles a pleasurable one.
NEED SNAKE HELP!
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I unfortunately dont know whats wrong. Your condtitions sound good! I think The snake is just being difficult. Ball pythons are known to go on hunger strikes for up to or over 6 months, but I didnt think corns were known for that too!
My biggest concern is that since it's a hatchling, it may not have the reserves for a prolonged hunger strike.
Unless there's something medically wrong with it, its not going to starve itself to death.
But it may starve itself for awhile... it happens sometimes... The way i've stopped this is constantly change their eating schedule... sometimes they eat a mouse a week, sometimes every two weeks or w/e... Keep it random like it would be in the wild, they all seemed to respond to that. Nobody chucks a dead rat at them every week to the day in nature.
But it may starve itself for awhile... it happens sometimes... The way i've stopped this is constantly change their eating schedule... sometimes they eat a mouse a week, sometimes every two weeks or w/e... Keep it random like it would be in the wild, they all seemed to respond to that. Nobody chucks a dead rat at them every week to the day in nature.
I'm hoping that theres nothing medically wrong. The vet didn't seem to concerned, but I'm not real impressed with her. (My wife uses her for the turtles and really likes her). I put the live pinkies in so that it has the option of eating when its ready. Now I just need to make sure that the pinkies get eaten before we wind up with pet mice....
With pinkies it doesnt matter but dont put any larger live mice in, they can actually kill the snake.
jdryden;1461613; said:I'm hoping that theres nothing medically wrong. The vet didn't seem to concerned, but I'm not real impressed with her. (My wife uses her for the turtles and really likes her). I put the live pinkies in so that it has the option of eating when its ready. Now I just need to make sure that the pinkies get eaten before we wind up with pet mice....
It takes a long longer then 4 weeks for a snake to starve to death.
My first bit of advice is stop shoving food at it... Give it some time, then offer it something.
i just find it so hard to beleive that a corn is doing this.Im sorry your having to deal with this,i agree that you may raise the temps a bit,does the snake drink water?And does it have shelter?Notice they hide alot in stores and if they cant do what they would normaly like it may stress them.If you catch it drinking that may at least be a comfort.Do you have pics?
personally i'd leave it a week and try leaving a live pinkie in the hide with it over night, if that doesn't work, try a dead warmed up brained pinkie in its hide with it 3 days later.
If not leave it a further 3/4 and rub the pinkie into the fur of a gerbil and into some gerbil droppings.
And since when did a pinkie become a rat?:S
If not leave it a further 3/4 and rub the pinkie into the fur of a gerbil and into some gerbil droppings.
And since when did a pinkie become a rat?:S