The snake is a little over a year. I've been feeding mice and everything was fine until about 2 months ago, It jsut won't eat. I've cut them up, enticed it, everything. I think I'll have to go to live mice but I really don't wnat to because of the health aspect. HELP!!!
2007-01-29 15:23:17 · 5 answers · asked by Kyla B 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Your snake may think it is going into hibernation. You may have to make it a little warmer for your snake. Can you add a heat pad to the bottom of the outer part of the cage? This may help. If their temp drops, they don't want to eat. I had the same problem when it got cold. As soon as I got my snake warmer, it stared to eat again.
2007-01-29 15:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by It's me! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A fairly common breeder trick is to slowly cool a corn snakes cage down in november . they snakes will become torpid ,extremely low activity and stop eating. this is part of the conditioning process for breeding and it saves money (mice are expensive when dealing with thirty or forty snakes) Contrary to popular belief snakes are opportunistic feeders and eat dead over fresh hunted all the time. no need to go live.
check the tanks temp and slowly raise it to 80 over a two week period (slowly....) this should bring its appetite back.
if it is warm already a blockage may be present and a trip to the vet required.
2007-01-29 17:56:20 · answer #2 · answered by john e 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they don't want them cut up. they are predators and their eating live little mousies running around trying to get away is what turns them on. just let the snake sleep next to you and keept it warm and put little mousies around so they can be caught by the corn snake. you will have a room full of mice and corn snakes (geet it a mate). have fun, yuk.
2007-01-29 15:29:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Raise your temperature and humidity and don't get woried snakes are stubburn you still have a month or two of winter just make sure water is available.
2007-01-30 00:55:02 · answer #4 · answered by Matt 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually Corn snakes do not eat if they are preparing to shed.
Hope this helps. =]
2007-01-29 15:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by Nataℓie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋