1st refusal to eat

[Sydney]

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone could let me now if there stimson has refused a feed.
We got our girl for christmas and has been a great feeder till last night .
She showed some interest but did not take the weaner mouse after three atempts we gave up
she cant be due for a shed as she only shed 4 weeks ago (have uped her food size)
Sydney is 1 and about 60 cm

My son did say she felt cold when he got her out and she has spent all week in her cool side
tank temp is 31.3 ( warm end air temp)

could the mouse have been to big (she has had two but maybe a bit smaller)

could she be getting ready to shed ( we had to take her out of her hide not normal for she is always out at night)

had a feed 1 week ago last night do i wait a few days and try again or wait a week

Ta People

 

[nagini-baby]

just wait a week

 

[moosenoose]

Snakes can be a little "moody" at times. As nagini-baby said "just wait a week" and give it another go. I've had snakes go off their feeds for months at times....and then back to their piggy selves :lol:

 

[Paul Atkinson]

Don't worry. Both mine go off their food at times, even during the warmer months. They soon start to feed again.

 

[Manda1032]

My Georgetown went for 9 months without a feed. It's nothing to worry about! Just wait a little while like others have said

 

[sagara_cp_2006]

I had a snake refuse to eat for 4-5 months, as long as they don't start getting sick or losing condition. However, I find most of the time that ne may chose not to eat one week and will eat anything and everything given to them the next week.

 

[Dan40D]

Just because she ony shed 4 weeks ago doesn't mean she isn't going into shed again, especially if you have upped the found size. If i give mine a big feed they will often go into shed straight after the large feed, last time my boy shed was only 3 weeks after his previos shed. If she has refused a feed and is hiding all the time shes more than likely going into shed, just leave her be.

 

[user 30368]

my stimi has been a bugger with her food. I have thrown many a mouse in the bin. I have had her strike her food, coil round it and squeese it for a while, and then just slither away afterwards. She had no intentions of eating it. I beleive they are a very fussy snakes at times

 

[disintegratus]

my stimi has been a bugger with her food. I have thrown many a mouse in the bin. I have had her strike her food, coil round it and squeese it for a while, and then just slither away afterwards. She had no intentions of eating it. I beleive they are a very fussy snakes at times

You should get ferrets. No matter which snake's refused a feed, we never have wasted rodents

In response to the OP, we have 3 Stimmies, a juvenile and two adults. All of them have refused a feed at various times, though most similarly the baby seemed a bit shy of his food when I first upped the size to pinky rats, but I found some smaller pinky rats and he took them, since then he's been hammering them down.

 

[Raddy318]

dont stress, your snake coule he going on to shed or just couldn be hungry.
hatchys / yearling cant go as long without food as adult, they just dont have the hody weight to do so, if a month go's by, start getting wortied and take it to a professional breeder/vet etc.