The last time i posted here Naboo was a little baby snake but now hes grown up and not eating! Hes 6 years old and weighs about 850 grams (down from 900 grams since i saw the sticky about overweight snakes!). Every spring for the last few years he stops eating for a month or 2 and becomes really active as he looks for a mate, but has always stated eating again straight away. Its been 14 weeks without eating this year and im starting to worry that it may be something a bit more complicated thats stopping him from eating. Although we've had a reaallly long winter here in the UK so maybe that could be the reason?
Ive offered him a mouse every few weeks, brained it, left him in his feeding box with the mouse and put it in the viv for several hours (he usually takes it from tongs). The viv has a warm end (85-90degrees) and a cooler end which is about room temperature with hides at both ends. Nothing that i can think of has changed in his environment
It is totally normal and natural for Naboo to be doing this, as you've discovered previous years. My Kellog stopped eating and started doing the 'breeding dance' at the end of February. He's patrolling his viv as I type this . Corns can go a long time without food, so it isn't anything to be worried about. I have managed to get Kellog to eat twice during this time, by offering him a small mouse (he usually has larges). He's eaten twice, but then has also refused them other times. All you can do is keep trying until Naboo decides to think of food instead of females .
One small point....how are you measuring your temps? In my opinion 90oF is a bit high. I work in Celsius and you want to be aiming for between 27oC and 29oC (80 - 85ish oF) Is his heatmat controlled by a stat?
Thanks Kellog :) yea i have a stat and in/out thermometer. its 86 at the moment and only really gets higher in the summer but ill lower it slightly. Thanks for the advice!
Corn not eating
Posted - 28/04/2013 : 17:57:25
. Corns can go a long time without food, so it isn't anything to be worried about. I have managed to get Kellog to eat twice during this time, by offering him a small mouse (he usually has larges). He's eaten twice, but then has also refused them other times. All you can do is keep trying until Naboo decides to think of food instead of females 
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