Icarus
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
We're having a bit of trouble getting our baby albino darwin to eat. He's approx 5 months old and probed as male. He's our 5th snake, so we're not exactly new at this, but we're confused. We offer food every friday to our snakes (or second friday for the 2 adults) and they all strike, contrict, and consume. If they ever refuse it's usually because they're in shed. The darwin however strikes, constricts for a few minutes... and then leaves it. We've had him for about 8 weeks and he's eaten twice. We've tried braining (all food is frozen thawed). He's in a rack system with an identical set up to 3 of the other snakes so i don't think heat/privacy/humidity is the issue. We don't handle him much, maybe for 5 minutes days before we offer food.
What could be going wrong? I've never seen a snake habitually constrict and then dump a prey item.
Any help welcome
We're having a bit of trouble getting our baby albino darwin to eat. He's approx 5 months old and probed as male. He's our 5th snake, so we're not exactly new at this, but we're confused. We offer food every friday to our snakes (or second friday for the 2 adults) and they all strike, contrict, and consume. If they ever refuse it's usually because they're in shed. The darwin however strikes, constricts for a few minutes... and then leaves it. We've had him for about 8 weeks and he's eaten twice. We've tried braining (all food is frozen thawed). He's in a rack system with an identical set up to 3 of the other snakes so i don't think heat/privacy/humidity is the issue. We don't handle him much, maybe for 5 minutes days before we offer food.
What could be going wrong? I've never seen a snake habitually constrict and then dump a prey item.
Any help welcome