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Hi all,
I have a 3yo Stimpson Python that hasn't eaten for 5 months, she seems in good condition but I am getting concerned. Each time I try to feed her she starts to shake and wants to strike at me, she got me once, so I use a rubber glove now just to save a little blood on my part.
Since using the glove she seems a little less aggressive, she took a Pinkie mouse but dropped it after holding it for a while. Before she went off food, she was taking day old chicks, she also shed which wasn't complete, she only has a little left now. She has a heat mat with her hide over it, I have also put a heat fan with 35w globe, it seems a nice temp in there but she is still not eating.
I have a male Stimpson who went off food for a month, he started eating again but not so enthusiastically so I put that down to Winter. I am giving him food every two weeks and check to see if he is attracted to my hand on the on the outside of the enclosure. All he has for heat is a tile with a heat mat under it, I keep a thermometer fixed to it and keep the temp at 30 to 32 deg.
I am just getting concerned and don't like the idea of forced feeding, I am sure she would not like that. If this is the only option, she will need to go to the Vet. We have a good one that is the Vet for the Reptile Park who has a great interest in Pythons.
I am a newby so any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Noel
I have a 3yo Stimpson Python that hasn't eaten for 5 months, she seems in good condition but I am getting concerned. Each time I try to feed her she starts to shake and wants to strike at me, she got me once, so I use a rubber glove now just to save a little blood on my part.
Since using the glove she seems a little less aggressive, she took a Pinkie mouse but dropped it after holding it for a while. Before she went off food, she was taking day old chicks, she also shed which wasn't complete, she only has a little left now. She has a heat mat with her hide over it, I have also put a heat fan with 35w globe, it seems a nice temp in there but she is still not eating.
I have a male Stimpson who went off food for a month, he started eating again but not so enthusiastically so I put that down to Winter. I am giving him food every two weeks and check to see if he is attracted to my hand on the on the outside of the enclosure. All he has for heat is a tile with a heat mat under it, I keep a thermometer fixed to it and keep the temp at 30 to 32 deg.
I am just getting concerned and don't like the idea of forced feeding, I am sure she would not like that. If this is the only option, she will need to go to the Vet. We have a good one that is the Vet for the Reptile Park who has a great interest in Pythons.
I am a newby so any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Noel