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10-Oct-07, 11:49 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Horsham, Victoria Gender:  | | | Snake refused mouse for the first time EVER
I have a 2 y.o. Childreni that has refused her mouse for the first time ever! She is normally eager at feed time. I feed her on the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month, and tonight I couldn't get her interested in her mouse at all.
She is coming up to a shed (currently has milky eyes) but that hasn't stopped her in the passed when coming up to a shed.
How long do I leave the mouse in her cage before discarding it? And do I wait until the 20th to try again or try soon after she has shed?
This is my only snake (reptile) and I have owned her since December 2005.
Thanks for any advice.
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10-Oct-07, 11:52 PM
|  | Retired Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | |
Just wait til 2 days after she sheds then try again, she will take it straight away.
With a snake that has a good feeding history like yours, i wouldn't leave the mouse in there for any amount of time. If it refuses, it refuses. It's only the tricky feeders and the hatchies that may require food being left in the cage overnight.
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10-Oct-07, 11:56 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Horsham, Victoria Gender: | | | |
Thank for that.
But how long should I leave the current mouse in her cage until I discard it?
It's been in there since 9:30pm.
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11-Oct-07, 12:26 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Behind You :o Age/Gender: 21 | | | |
I guess if it was interested it would have taken it by now, itll be fine waiting till after shed to offer another snakes can go a long time without food before they lose any condition.
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11-Oct-07, 12:31 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Townsville Age/Gender: 35 | | | |
I'd discard it now. Its ignoring it for a good reason, albeit one that we can only guess at (probably the nearness of its next shed)
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11-Oct-07, 12:31 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Horsham, Victoria Gender: | | | |
I have read about people leaving the mouse in overnight and it is usually gone by morning. I don't want the mouse to go off and give the snake a belly ach.
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11-Oct-07, 12:33 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Townsville Age/Gender: 35 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by wombat  I have read about people leaving the mouse in overnight and it is usually gone by morning. I don't want the mouse to go off and give the snake a belly ach. | Or even worse, causing its death. Just chuck it out and wait for a few days after its shed.
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11-Oct-07, 12:39 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Horsham, Victoria Gender: | | | |
OK! Thanks for that. The birds or ants will eat well at my expence.
That's the downside to only owning one snake.
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11-Oct-07, 12:42 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | |
leaving it in there over night shouldnt hurt, but it would be easier just to chuck it and offer another after it has shed. It is quite normal for snakes to refuse food when about to shed, just because it hasnt stop it eating before dosnt mean its not the reason. Definately no reason to be concerned  |
11-Oct-07, 01:08 AM
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Thanks cris. I gave it one last go. Still not interested so I threw the mouse out at 12:50 am.
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11-Oct-07, 01:28 AM
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A couple of my snakes have refused food at the 'milky-eyed' stage of the shed & then eaten
a couple of days later.
Maybe it's something to do with them feeling particularly vulnerable with a mouthfull of food & diminished , opaque , eyesight.
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