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08-Mar-08, 11:40 PM
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My childrens python is still not eating - it has been 3 weeks now . I have raised the hot end temp to 33 deg . She is still quite active and drinking (and even did a tour of the house 3 days ago the little scamp) .The smallest pinkies I can get are thawed and waved then dropped in her container and left for about 16 hours . Have tried heating them (using the clip bag method as suggested - thanks ) but she doesnt seem interested. She still poos about every 2 days I think and hasnt really skinnied up - thin neck and her bodys about 1 and 1/2 times thicker than her neck - looks normal to me.
should I be pricking the pinkies to let out some blood , rub some feathers on them , cut the pinkies up , offer her some chicken strips , pray to the voodoo gods.
Will she follow the biological imperitive for survival and eat eventually - Im sure this is probably quite common and Im just a bit paranoid...
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08-Mar-08, 11:51 PM
|  | IrRegular Member Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 17  | | | | 3 weeks isnt long enough to worry yet.
how long have you had her?
maybe shes still settling back in from her little walk. |
09-Mar-08, 02:29 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 35 | | | | 3 weeks isnt that long, Ive heard of hatchling taking up to 3 months to start feeding.
I know you would prefure it to start feeding streight away, but it will when its ready.
Just keep offering a picking every 4 days, leave it in overnight and morning it will be gone. |
09-Mar-08, 03:15 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Cairns Age/Gender: 22 | | | | yeah, wouldnt worry too much yet.
preying to the voodoo gods is a last resort! never know what they might conjure up...lol
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09-Mar-08, 03:35 AM
| | |  kicking back as suggested
I shall kick back for a while longer then....Thanks to respondants
Its pretty late...Im at work but what the hell is everyone else up this late for?????
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09-Mar-08, 03:40 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: qld Age/Gender: 31  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by scaleycraig  I shall kick back for a while longer then....Thanks to respondants
Its pretty late...Im at work but what the hell is everyone else up this late for?????
CC | I'm a stress head and can't sleep for some reason, what do you do that keeps you up so late? I used to do security but didn't have internet, i wish lol.
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09-Mar-08, 03:51 AM
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he was being good and i let my guard down...........and he bit me on the face!!
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09-Mar-08, 05:01 AM
| | | | Factory supervisor on shift , I do generally ike to stay up late when Im off though... |
09-Mar-08, 08:00 AM
| | Sponsor | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Newcastle | | | | Very strange to be pooing every two days if it has not fed for 3 weeks. |
09-Mar-08, 08:14 AM
|  | Mr Knee Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 36 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by wokka Very strange to be pooing every two days if it has not fed for 3 weeks. | I was thinking the same , mine don't poo that often when they are eating .
But 3 weeks is nothing to be to worried about , leave it alone , make sure it has hides , if it is big enough try offering rats rather than mice i had a very stubborn one once , that took a small pink rat after months of not eating |
09-Mar-08, 08:42 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Westn subs Melb Gender: | | | Did the breeder say she was feeding before u got her, were they feeding the same. My spotted will not eat unless i stay there and wiggle the damn mouse until she is ready to eat. i get it defrosted with boiling water the cool slightly with cold water so its still warm, then wiggle near her head.Sometime she strikes straight away sometimes she takes up to 15mins and i have to wiggle i`t for the whole time, she 's just testing me i think. What do u think she is pooing seeing that she hasnt eaten for 3 weeks. The breeder wasnt skarfing by anychance to fatten her up.I think a phone call to the breeder might answer a few Q? |
09-Mar-08, 09:58 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Gold Coast Age/Gender: 15 | | | nothing to worry about my mates snake didnt eat for 3 months when he got him so just be patient and he/she should feed eventually 
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09-Mar-08, 10:07 AM
|  | Impatient Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | Scaleycraig - 3 weeks is nothing - particularly if your snake got out for a bit and went for a wander - they often need to settle again once they get back in. Do not try and feed too often - once a week at most, or you risk stressing the animal...
Leave it entirely alone until it starts feeding, try once a week, if it fails to eat try the same time the next week...snakes will go MONTHS without losing noticable condition...
As has been mentioned, pooing every two days is not normal for a snake that is eating regularly - let alone one not eating at all - I would watch this. If it continues I would take the snake to a Vet (with a sample of the poo) as it may be the result of worms or similar...
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09-Mar-08, 10:23 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Aslan Scaleycraig - ......- I would watch this. If it continues I would take the snake to a Vet (with a sample of the poo) as it may be the result of worms or similar... |
I was thinking the same. Get him seen to by the vet just to rule out any intermal problems.
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