| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
meggi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
321 Posts |
 Posted - 30/04/2012 : 21:41:55
|
Hi all. Today Tobasco has refused food; the same as last week. I cant remember the last time I have managed to feed him for a month, every week. A couple of weeks ago he ate a jumbo mouse, however it was scented with a chick as he refuses to eat a plain jumbo. Do you know of something else that i could use to scent the mouse
Thanks all. Meg xx |
|
|
a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 30/04/2012 : 22:05:24
|
| How many weeks has he not eaten for. In guessing he's a adult if he's had a jumbo previously |
    
0.1.0 creamsicle corn-Marmalade
1.0.0 jungle carpet python-Bumble
1.0.0 corn Casper
|
 |
|
|
tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 30/04/2012 : 22:17:29
|
| do you keep feeding records?? If not i would start now so you can keep an accurate account of when he last fed, sometimes what can seem like a month is only 3 weeks. |
 Lilly Crystal Harry
1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
|
|
|
|
adamasrc
Hatchling
United Kingdom
255 Posts |
|
|
adamasrc
Hatchling
United Kingdom
255 Posts |
|
|
mikeyd_26
Yearling
United Kingdom
716 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2012 : 00:03:08
|
other methods you could try to entice your snake to feed are -
try downsizing the prey item
try heating up prey item (hair dryer is good, hot water not boiling, radiator)
marmite or tuna brine
try a rat of simular size to normal food item
some people swear by taking there snake for a car ride, something to do with the vibrations getting them going?
also you could try putting your snake and prey item in a small rub/tub/box and check every now again making sure it in a quite room, the theory is the only way to get rid of the prey is to eat it.- this has worked for me on a few occasions |
   
0.1.0 amel - TaLuLa
0.1.0 anery motley het amel, hypo - Bo
1.0.0 vanishing stripe unknown - Marley
1.0.0 hogg island boa - Iggy
0.1.0 hogg island boa - Luna
0.1.0 royal python - Buttons!
1.0.0 royal python 66% het albino - Steve
0.1.0 leopard gecko - Sheila
millions of beardies! |
|
|
|
lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2012 : 02:17:44
|
I'm guessing with you attempting to feed him jumbos weekly he is a very big corn snake. if not maybe he just doesn't need to eat so much so often and is taking a break. Every so often my Royal will take a few weeks off feeding, its not that anything is wrong or anything has changed, he just chooses to not eat. How big is your corn?
I would say a weekly jumbo is too much food for even the biggest of cornsnakes so a drop in size and frequency is a good idea, not only to prevent it getting fat but also with longer between feeds it may make him more likely to be opportunistic when food is there and not so picky. |
Anery Corn snake SPOT. Royal Python, DUKE. Hogg Island Boa, SANKE. Albino House Snake, HAL.
Harlequin Crested Gecko HARLEY
Albino Horned Frog WAKA
Chilean Rose Tarantula TRIXIE. Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-eating Tarantula SAM. Orange Baboon Tarantula BORIS.
Giant Asian Forest Scorpion, SALLY.
Giant African Land Snails, SHELDON & MICHELLE.
Budwing Mantis, MAIA
Dubia Roach Colony. Silkworm Colony. Mealworm Colony. Waxworm Colony. Fruit Beetle Colony.
MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/user/alocheeky |
|
|
|
mikeyd_26
Yearling
United Kingdom
716 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2012 : 02:40:38
|
| this is also a good idea! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
0.1.0 amel - TaLuLa
0.1.0 anery motley het amel, hypo - Bo
1.0.0 vanishing stripe unknown - Marley
1.0.0 hogg island boa - Iggy
0.1.0 hogg island boa - Luna
0.1.0 royal python - Buttons!
1.0.0 royal python 66% het albino - Steve
0.1.0 leopard gecko - Sheila
millions of beardies! |
|
|
|
Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4494 Posts |
|
|
KINGSIZESLIM
Hatchling
United Kingdom
117 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2012 : 10:23:34
|
try makin a little slice in the rodents head allways works for me   |
|
|
|
smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5091 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2012 : 10:45:45
|
| Definitely need to cut back a bit on the amount of food! Also, if he is still refusing someone else on here who couldn't get hold of a chick thigh wrapped their pinky in some chicken skin (as you get on chicken breasts from the supermarket) for a while and warmed it up a bit then unwrapped it to feed and that worked for them. |
       |
|
|
|
meggi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
321 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2012 : 18:06:24
|
Oh okay, thanks all. I know this sounds of and annoying but i doubt i have being over feeding him for a while. HTis is cause it was the mating season that stopped him eating. Shall i try him on a jumbo one week and a medium the next? Thank you all so so much for your help.
p,s i do keep a feeding diary :) |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
worried. Again.
: