mikey_mike
Active Member
Just wanted to make the observation as a relatively new snake owner that my Darwin Carpet is seriously messing with my head at the moment. He won't feed. I know this is normal over winter, but its still stressing me.
He's eaten once in the last 3 months. I live in Darwin for gods sake. Its not that cold. I went for a swim the other day. He's a wimp. I've even installed heating in his enclosure & am keeping the warm end at a toasty 30 degrees (as distinct from the chilly 20 - 26) minimum ambient temperature. My Spotted is powering through as many rats as I can deliver (without heating).
I even have a life complete with messed up stuff & real human relationships but the only thing that's bugging me is a snake who's behaving TOTALLY NORMALLY.
Judging by all the "my snake wont eat..." posts I'm not alone. I may just have stumbled on some universal truth re human nature, but all I care about is when a dead rat is going to travel down my pythons throat. I'm going to go & drink beer & have another go. This must be a common experience. Any tips other than more beer?
He's eaten once in the last 3 months. I live in Darwin for gods sake. Its not that cold. I went for a swim the other day. He's a wimp. I've even installed heating in his enclosure & am keeping the warm end at a toasty 30 degrees (as distinct from the chilly 20 - 26) minimum ambient temperature. My Spotted is powering through as many rats as I can deliver (without heating).
I even have a life complete with messed up stuff & real human relationships but the only thing that's bugging me is a snake who's behaving TOTALLY NORMALLY.
Judging by all the "my snake wont eat..." posts I'm not alone. I may just have stumbled on some universal truth re human nature, but all I care about is when a dead rat is going to travel down my pythons throat. I'm going to go & drink beer & have another go. This must be a common experience. Any tips other than more beer?