feeding probs

[junglemad]

Splitmore....you mustn't have come across a snake with no tongue or heard of hatchlings that have been chewed by live prey especially if the baby is already too weak to hold its head up

 

[Splitmore]

Splitmore....you mustn't have come across a snake with no tongue

to be honest i don't think I have and certainly not one that has had it chewed off by a pinky

 

[junglemad]

I have a juvenile coastal here with no tongue that i now have feeding for itself on thawed and live food. I didn't notice it had no tongue when i bought it and it was one of those this is a friend's im selling it for them so i couldn't get it replaced...long story!
anyway...
i can only assume that is lost its tongue in that way, or it was defective etc. The more i talk to guys the more i hear about live prey sometimes getting the upper hand on snakes that aren't eating for some reason.

I sympathasize therefore when i hear of people's snakes not eating. It really sux when despite your every effort you have a snake that is wasting away. I know people hate force feeding, but if i didn't do it with my tongueless wonder it would have been dead I reckon

just my 10c worth

 

[purplefunkything]

skink tail

OK, have skink tail! dang fast things aren't they.
Zahir was purchased from a pet shop. he is three months old and still the size of a hatchling. they said he was older, they said he was feeding, they also tried selling me a 4ft cage for him...i think that says it all.......no, the pet shop wasn't in Emerald.
a local chap keeps his snakes at temps around 38 which i thought was too hot. ive been keeping him at around 32 day and 25-28 night. he hates the red light. hard to get temp variations in a small container as the whole thing heats up. he must have RI due to temps?
I'm off the feed him the tail......................

 

[instar]

You can always try scenting with bat feathers and offering after midnight on a full moon, with the snake facing west.

dont panic, itll eat when its ready to.

 

[Splitmore]

if it's at the stage where it's either it eats or dies just feed it a few skinks, you'll just need to get a fecal sample looked at down the track incase it does pick up worms.

 

[purplefunkything]

assist feed

You can always try scenting with bat feathers and offering after midnight on a full moon, with the snake facing west.

dont panic, itll eat when its ready to.

tried that too

thanks for all the advice, much appreciated. I suppose that those of you that have been on here a while have heard/seen/done most of it before as its a pretty big learning curve, but without you lot us new folk would be lost....

managed to get a skink tail into him last night. they're pretty quick little sods to try and catch eh...he's still alive this morning and he's stopped doing his head waving/falling over backwards business so that's a start. I've cranked the temp up, ditched the red light and swapped for a ceramic.

Frank!!! how you going with your Bredli girl? it's been 13 days now, is she eating??????