We have a female cornsnake who is at least 10 yrs old (she was bought as a sub adult). She has recently (last few months) been producing very very smelly poos and many of them. She seems a little underweight but is a very finicky eater and this is not unusual for her.
Has anyone experienced similar symptoms with their corn snake?
She eats mostly chicks and has produced eggs the last 3 years but without any luck in hatching.
Our other five cornsnakes are in excellent health and quite content.
It may be worthwhile seperating her for a while if she is not feeling great, in case the male starts to dominate her if he senses she is vulnerable. I would definitely change her diet - I was warned off chicks as a staple food, they are only to be used if you have a non-feeder and you have tried everything you can with mice. Do you feed all your snakes on chicks? xxx
I agree with Kellog and the others, definitely split them up and change her (if poss!) to mice instead of chicks. it may be worth a trip down the vets to check for any internal probs too. hope she feels better soon!
9.11 Cornsnakes 1.1 Hogg island boas 1.0 Dwarf Burmese python
thanks for all ur answers. i was aware that chicks are not good for a staple food and our other snakes eat mice but she was so fussy it was the only thing she'd eat. however if it is the chicks that are causing her to be poorly then im certainly going to making sure she has mostly mice from now on.
Have you seperated them yet so she is in her own viv? She really needs to be on only mice...not mostly mice. I hope she takes them if she is hungry enough. xxx
Is she poorly?
Posted - 13/09/2009 : 18:09:50
