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[python_newbie]

Just updating: my snake still hasn't eaten. I've tried braining, feeding at dusk/night time, fresh killed adult mice, defrosted fuzzy mice, defrosted adult mice, and I couldn't find a heat globe that was the same size as my fitting. He's still fairly active at night and often pokes out during the day, although he's still steering clear of the UV light. I took him to the vet (not sure if she was a specialist reptile vet, but all of the reptile owners I've spoken to go there, and I live in a small city so I don't know if we'd even have a reptile vet), who squished his head (why would she do that?), held him for a bit and checked out a few protruding scales that I pointed out before telling me he was still "active and alert", didn't have mites and should be ok.

I will remove the fake plant tonight as I introduced that around the same time he stopped eating. I'm also going to look at heat cords and change his hide from a plastic one to a cardboard one to help retain any heat. I might look on eBay for a 12 inch heat globe or buy a new fitting. Oh, and remote a thermometer. I'll be looking for one of those too.