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22-Apr-06, 11:06 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Williamstown Age/Gender: 16  | | | my childrens python wont eat
Hi everyone,I I am new to this site and was hoping someone could help. My childrens python(male) hasnt eaten for two months. The female that is in the same cage is eating eagerly but he isn't interested! Any ideas? Is this normal? |
23-Apr-06, 02:21 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | How old are they? Is there a big size difference?
What are the temps like?
What is the setup like? How many hides?
How do you feed them? Seperately?
Have you tried different methods like scenting, braining, etc.?
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23-Apr-06, 02:24 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Unless it is a hatchling I wouldn't stress too much just yet, 2 months is nothing to worry about, he might just be hibernating very early. My male childreni stopped eating in Feburary last year for some reason.
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23-Apr-06, 10:00 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Williamstown Age/Gender: 16 | | | | They are both abot 2 years old. I got them at xmas and they were both about the same size but the female seems to have grown a bit bigger than the male. The set up is one of those commercial melamine units (4ft long). They haven't got any hide boxes but there is a plant and alot of other things in it the dealer I got the snake from said they didn't need a hide hole. They tend to spend alot of time in the water bowl. The temp is about 27c. I haven't tried any scenting yet. Thanks
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23-Apr-06, 10:02 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Williamstown Age/Gender: 16 | | | | Also when I had been feeding they were being fed at the same time at differnent ends of the cage. They had been happy with this for the previous 8 feeds
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23-Apr-06, 10:11 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Williamstown Age/Gender: 16 | | | | I meant the temp is 25 not 27
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23-Apr-06, 10:18 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: South-West Brisbane | | | | Hey Mate, first of all give them some hides, your male could very well be stressed being out in the open, it makes them feel vunerable as the way they see it is they can't hade from any preditors.
You may want to think about putting them both in two seperate smaller enclosures, pythons feel more secure in smaller enclosures, maybe divide the one they're in now? They male may also be intimidated by the female at feeding time, it is also not reccomended that you feed two snakes in the same enclosure, as they may grab the same rodent or possibly even the other snake while in feeding mode. It's best to seperate them for feeding if in the same cage.
Do you have any heating available to them? Is there a temperature gradient in the enclosure? |
23-Apr-06, 01:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Williamstown Age/Gender: 16 | | | | Thanks for the advise I will put the hide in for them today. The enclosure is heated and the 25c is the end away from the heat lamps so i guess the temp at the other end is hotter and the top would be hotter too. I haven't had any probs with them feeding so far because I had been making sure there was no contact between them before their meal was gone. but i will seperate next feed time and perhaps leave the mouse in the cage for the male to eat if it doesn't eat it staight away..
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23-Apr-06, 01:44 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: QLD | | | | If they spend a lot of time in the water bowl they may have mite, which can stress an animal enough to make it go off its food, or the temps are to hot, most snakes like to retreat into areas much cooler than 25 degrees from time to time. |
24-Apr-06, 01:43 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: diamond creek, melbourne, australia | | | | snakes can go without food for a long time
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24-Apr-06, 02:01 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 25  | | | | They can indeed Haydz, but if they are eating well, and then just stop eating for 2 months, you can probably assume something is wrong.
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02-May-06, 05:16 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: south east melbourne Gender: | | | | i remember when i had my childrens python that i had to reduce the heat for my male to even think about eating. i had him from hatch and it took a while for me get him to eat, perhaps try force feeding? i know that got mine interested. |
02-May-06, 05:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 25 | | | | I would only try force feeding as a last resort, and only have someone who is very experienced to do it, eg a herp vet
Just make sure you try as many diff foods as you can first, rats/mice, freshly killed/thawed etc etc
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