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27-Jan-08, 06:05 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Yeppoon Age/Gender: 14  | | |  URGENT. help needed
Hey all,
my coastal is not eating and has'nt for a while now. I brought her off a man named Bruce Couason (i think that is his last name), and was wondering if anyone else knew him and would be able to give me his phone number.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers. Cal |
27-Jan-08, 06:12 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: enmore Age/Gender: 27  | | | | how old is the snake? how long has it been since it ate? whast did it eat? did you feed it? |
27-Jan-08, 06:22 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Yeppoon Age/Gender: 14 | | | | She is about 1 year old. She last ate in september (so you can see why i'm so worried), i have been trying to feed it wheanlings. |
27-Jan-08, 06:24 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: Perth, WA Age/Gender: 24 | | | | i dont have snakes but from what i have read on other posts it may not as bad as you think, is she looking skinny? |
27-Jan-08, 06:25 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: enmore Age/Gender: 27 | | | | have you tried braining your mice? what are your temps? |
27-Jan-08, 06:27 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Hallowed Hills | | | | If it was eating when you bought it and then stopped that isn't the breeders fault.
As suggested how are the temps?What types of food have you tried and how?
Maybe it's stressed?
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27-Jan-08, 06:32 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Yeppoon Age/Gender: 14 | | | | Her temp is usually around 30 degrees. No i haven tried braining the mice. How would this benefit? |
27-Jan-08, 06:33 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: enmore Age/Gender: 27 | | | | it's a more hectic scent, try that, if that doesn't work, try a day old quail chick, have you tried that already? |
27-Jan-08, 06:47 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Queensland Gender: | | | | lizard scenting works too apparently... if you don't have quails lying around..
how are you defrosting them?
I know it sounds obvious but one of these threads was some kid giving them to the snake still frozen, and another was leaving them out to defrost all day, and another was microwaving.. So...
Are they warm when you offer? Do you dangle it near her by it's tail? If it sees movement it will help.
Also, the braining or puncturing should help too.
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27-Jan-08, 06:48 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Hallowed Hills | | | | What was it eating before???
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27-Jan-08, 07:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | How often do you handle it?
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27-Jan-08, 07:18 PM
|  | Bendy! Sponsor | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane Gender: | | | | The problem is almost definitely with the husbandry, not with the food item itself. Changing anything other than how the snake is kept will have little affect.
To ascertain the problem, you'll need to provide photographs of the enclosure, plus a detail description of the enclosure, heat sources, where it's kept in the house, handling routine and any other information that may be related to its lack of appetite.
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27-Jan-08, 07:53 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Queensland Gender: | | | Haha, maybe jonno - you're quite right - but it could be the food if he's offering a giant ice cube... had to ask 
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27-Jan-08, 08:05 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Adelaide SA Gender: | | | | Jonno, hate to disagree mate but the husbandry could be spot on, if the animal is being offered a different food source that it does not recognise then it will starve to death simple as that & 4 months for a young snake not too eat is a long time.
Snake boy if you cant get hold of the guy you bought it from to determine what it was eating or if it is a wild snake you need to try every type of food source, if you are trying mice make sure it is not too big, it should be warm & split the head open to allow fluid out of the head of the mouse, if that does not work try the same with a rat, if that does not work try the same with a day old chick, cover the enclosure so as not to disturb it, make sure it has a hide to feel secure & place the food just outside.
I am sure if you try this you will have success.
Best of luck, Paul. |
27-Jan-08, 08:15 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Yeppoon Age/Gender: 14 | | | | lol. i am defrosting the mice. i leave them out on the bench out of direct sunlight for about 2 hours in a plastic bag. Once defrosted i put them in some warm water still in the plastic bag for a few min then i try to feed them to her. at the moment i have moved her into a click clack. | | |
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