Hi,
I have been doing a bit of reading regarding the issue of pythons not eating and have found the following:
- Pythons can go off food when the weather changes (gets colder)
- Pythons can go off food when the environment changes
I put my 1 YO stimson in a full enclosure about 6 weeks ago. It ate after two weeks in there after one refusal. Now I have had a month's worth of refusals and am getting a little worried. I am not panicking as I know snakes can last a long time without food but it isn't yet an adult so I don't know whether this changes their resilience.
Anyway, as well as changing the enclosure I have also upped the food size to a adult mouse (which it has eaten one of as mentioned previously).
Which of the following do you think I should do:
1) Return it to its click clack
2) Get some smaller mice
3) Continue to offer a mouse weekly and see how it goes
If (3) how long should I give it before trying something else.
Thanks!
I have been doing a bit of reading regarding the issue of pythons not eating and have found the following:
- Pythons can go off food when the weather changes (gets colder)
- Pythons can go off food when the environment changes
I put my 1 YO stimson in a full enclosure about 6 weeks ago. It ate after two weeks in there after one refusal. Now I have had a month's worth of refusals and am getting a little worried. I am not panicking as I know snakes can last a long time without food but it isn't yet an adult so I don't know whether this changes their resilience.
Anyway, as well as changing the enclosure I have also upped the food size to a adult mouse (which it has eaten one of as mentioned previously).
Which of the following do you think I should do:
1) Return it to its click clack
2) Get some smaller mice
3) Continue to offer a mouse weekly and see how it goes
If (3) how long should I give it before trying something else.
Thanks!