Please be kind! I am trying to set everything right for her.
My carpet Python is 3 years old, about 5 long, slender and refuses to leave her hide. Her last last shed she was about 3-4 feet long. Fairly small her breeder said she would be small, and she’s always been quite slender. This shed she was 5 feet. I didn’t really notice how long she gotten bc She absolutely loves this one hide and basically refuses to leave it. I haven’t seen her come out for a few weeks. Except to do her shed. I’ve spot cleaned the enclosure and have changed her water daily.
My partner and I experience financial difficulty for a little bit and I had to feed her some weaner mice, I did this by feeding her one of these mice every 3-5 days to try and make up for the size and allow for easier digestion. She probably ate about 3 this way before I got her some fuzzy rats, realised that was also probably too small. Fed her one and waited a week and for her to pass before I got her some adult rats. She’s taken the adult rat now and it’s the second night.
Anyway I really want to actually take her out, I haven’t handled her in weeks and I want to make sure she’s healthy, fully switch out and disinfect her enclosure but she’s so interested in food, stuck in this hide and I can’t get her out of this feeding state. She isn’t hook trained. She thinks anything coming into the enclosure is food. She never used to strike and she would immediately switch off my hand but right now she won’t. She went from a perfectly calm and chill snake to just constantly in feeding mode. I’m fine to take a bite if I absolutely need to but I don’t want to cause any unnecessary stress to her. I was wondering if anyone has any idea how I can calm her down enough to take her out again? How do I take her out of a tricky hide? Would she still be hungry I realised I may have accidentally been under feeding her she was on hopper rats before the weaner mice and have been trying to rectify the situation. Can I still hook train her?
My carpet Python is 3 years old, about 5 long, slender and refuses to leave her hide. Her last last shed she was about 3-4 feet long. Fairly small her breeder said she would be small, and she’s always been quite slender. This shed she was 5 feet. I didn’t really notice how long she gotten bc She absolutely loves this one hide and basically refuses to leave it. I haven’t seen her come out for a few weeks. Except to do her shed. I’ve spot cleaned the enclosure and have changed her water daily.
My partner and I experience financial difficulty for a little bit and I had to feed her some weaner mice, I did this by feeding her one of these mice every 3-5 days to try and make up for the size and allow for easier digestion. She probably ate about 3 this way before I got her some fuzzy rats, realised that was also probably too small. Fed her one and waited a week and for her to pass before I got her some adult rats. She’s taken the adult rat now and it’s the second night.
Anyway I really want to actually take her out, I haven’t handled her in weeks and I want to make sure she’s healthy, fully switch out and disinfect her enclosure but she’s so interested in food, stuck in this hide and I can’t get her out of this feeding state. She isn’t hook trained. She thinks anything coming into the enclosure is food. She never used to strike and she would immediately switch off my hand but right now she won’t. She went from a perfectly calm and chill snake to just constantly in feeding mode. I’m fine to take a bite if I absolutely need to but I don’t want to cause any unnecessary stress to her. I was wondering if anyone has any idea how I can calm her down enough to take her out again? How do I take her out of a tricky hide? Would she still be hungry I realised I may have accidentally been under feeding her she was on hopper rats before the weaner mice and have been trying to rectify the situation. Can I still hook train her?