URGENT. help needed

[GSXR_Boy]

I've had snakes that won't accept it if it is wet. Another wouldn't eat it if it wasn't white! (true story)

[snake_boy]

Originally Posted by GSXR_Boy

I've had snakes that won't accept it if it is wet. Another wouldn't eat it if it wasn't white! (true story)

lol. thats pretty amazing

[dickyknee]

What is / was the snake housed in , how big was it , how often do you handle it .....
try feeding rats instead of mice , scent with chicken/quail
temps?
why have you waited so long to ask for help ??

[Valley Reptile Supplies]

Originally Posted by GSXR_Boy

I've had snakes that won't accept it if it is wet. Another wouldn't eat it if it wasn't white! (true story)

you think thats bad ive got one that will only eat male mice

[Betty Boop]

l don,t believe 30.c is hot enough for a stubborn non eater 33.c l believe will make all the difference, plus l believe once again [for a stubborn non eater COLES got it right] try fresh killed...cheers BB.

[snake_boy]

I will try upping the temps. I have asked for help earlier but just not on APS. I have asked people i know that have had snakes for many years.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Cheers, Cal

[Renagade]

i have a snake that is nearly a year old, when i first got it it didn't eat for 9 weeks, (it had oly eaten once or twice when i picked it up as a hatchy) i tried upping the temps, didn't handle it, in the end, i went into my back yard, pounced around for a skink, froze the skink for a few daze, defrosted it with the pinky and mashed it all over the mouse. it was a tiny little skink, and the hatch didn't heistate to eat it, he's never missed a feed since. your snake sounds a bit older than that, so i would try husbandry first, temps, hides, quieter areas, then give the quail a go. i would only scent a mouse with a skink as a last ditch effort after trying everything else, after all you are going to kill a skink and you may infect your snake with worms. good luck and let us know how you go.
ren

[tittezzz]

I gota 8ft fem diamond & she hasnt eatn in 11 months & IM NOT WORRIED a bit. she has pooed constantly although not as solid as normal , it shows her insides are still working so IM not worried. You know girls, always watching there weight. {No offence ladies}
Ive heard of snakes not eating for TWO yes TWO years, so dont panic to much, & if your worried go to a higly recomend herp vet.
IF you need any numbers just ask
AS for quails, ha MY girl curled up with two of em for a week, then her boyfreind got a go,,
two strikes = two quails in his belly.

[Jozz]

11 months is fine for an 8ft diamond - this is a yearling, and 4 months is getting up there.

I also had a MD that would not eat wet mice/rats. Had to be dry. Took me a little while to work it out, but after reading someone elses comment on here about it, I dried the rat, and voiloa!

[Helikaon]

jsut another note i had a coastal about the same age that also did not eat for many months, i placed it in my icu tank and maintained a strict temp and day night cycle while offering food on a weekly basis. no handling took place other then while cleaning. after about a week of this i found the snake had a certain time in which it became active. which was about 2 am every night. when i discovered this i placed food items for it to find and it wasn't until i offered a day old chicken that i got any success. although it had eaten it still would not take another and it then came down to offering a just killed mouse in which it consumed hungrily. after this it took a recently killed every week and was easily weaned back onto defrosted rats and now is absolutely fine and eats like a pig. it was after the day old chick that i placed it back into its enclosure. the only reason i use a smalled icu tank is because i can control everything more efficiently.

i hope you get yours to eat. ahh and yes braining does get a better response, i have had luck with it with some snakes but also no luck with others. but snakes just seem to have a much stronger feeding response when it is brained.