Hi all Following a period of 7 weeks without eating my adult female corn shed and has now started eating again.
Only thing is that she will not strike at her food.
I will get her attention with the mouse but although she will sniff it she rarely strikes. If she does strike she will remove the mouse to somewhere dark and will only consume once I have gone.
Mostly I now have to leave the mouse in front of her, retire to a different room and about half an hour later mouse is gone and snake has retired to her cave.
I'm not overly worried as at least she is eating however I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on this?
makes no odds how they eat so long as they eat. some will strike some wont strike. some will eat while you watch some wont. so long as shes feeding there is no problem with the snake ;)
Most of my snakes don't strike Gaz. They are lazy so-and-sos ! Often I will dangle the mouse and the snake will 'sniff' it up and down, all the way to my fingers, examining it from every angle possible and then will finally decide that yes, it wants the mouse and will take it gently or even wait until I lay the mouse down! I'd love to have them striking and coiling but all that matters to me is that they eat .
It may be that given time she becomes more confident and will let you watch her eat and maybe even begin to react when you offer her the mouse, but if she doesn't then it's not important, as long as she is eating .
Boris strikes at brown or dark coloured mice but wont strike white mice- he has a sniff of the white ones and leisurely eats them, whereas with the darker ones it's a great big deal and a very hard strike and fast constrict- strange things they are :-) So I wouldn't worry either as long as snakey is eating, although I do love to watch Boris move as fast as a lightning bolt as he is usually so laid back!
1.0.0 CB 12 Amel Motley- Boris
0.2.0 cats Grizabella and Jennyanydots
Foster cat: Jasper who has a healing broken pelvis
Reluctant feeder
Posted - 28/10/2013 : 22:37:06
! Often I will dangle the mouse and the snake will 'sniff' it up and down, all the way to my fingers, examining it from every angle possible and then will finally decide that yes, it wants the mouse and will take it gently or even wait until I lay the mouse down! I'd love to have them striking and coiling but all that matters to me is that they eat 
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