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Originally Posted by drache
please don't worry just yet
one, two, or even three weeks is not long enough to starve a snake
obviously the snake is hungry, so it's likely to eat eventually
if the worm was largish, it may not have wanted to stay down
just keep it supplied with fresh water, and try feeding every other day or so, until it takes something
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Originally Posted by anji1971
The fact that it drank as soon as you changed the water indicates that it may have been getting dehydrated. It's a good thing you got home when you did!
As Rhea just stated, keep offering food every couple days, and offer smaller items at first.
The snake is probably extremely stressed out right now. Hopefully that's all it is, and it will perk up shortly under your care.
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Thank you, Rhea and anji. I'm feeling better about it today. The snake is moving around again and has gone back to watching us and cruising around the tank. She seems okay. I think she's sniffing out the worm I just put in there.
The worms we bought are just medium to small earthworms, but I'm cutting them in half anyway.
I think the water probably did have a lot to do with it. Just another reason to be happy that I'm home.
Thanks again everyone for listening to me fret about the baby snake. I'm driving my boyfriend crazy with my demands that everything be as clean as possible and done "by the book" I guess.
