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    T. radix Ranch guidofatherof5's Avatar
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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    Yes, I see that one.
    Your snake doesn't look too skinny.
    I think guppies are your best bet.
    Have you tried a small container with a lid? Snake and guppies in with a small amount of water(just enough to let the guppies flop) Cover it with a towel and leave it alone for a few hours.
    Hope it helps.
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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    I used a Glad Tupperware container for my persistent eater, Tiny. I put a live baby night crawler, coho salmon and tilapia in the container with him and he ate it all. And I agree with Steve, the snake doesn't look too skinny at all. I wouldn't be too worried. Tiny took a month and one week to start eating, he was a newborn and looked extremely emaciated, and he still made it and is gaining a lot of weight and enjoying the good life, being served salmon and worms at an all-you-can-eat "buffet"

    Good luck getting him to eat. He's very cute
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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    I haven't tried keeping him in with the fish I will try that right now though
    Thanks!

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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    He let all the fish die didn't even touch them . Trying the same thing with worms again.

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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    Oh my god he escaped! i found him tucked away in a linen closet! Is this a sign that maybe I should brumate? it seems like he was trying to find a burrow.

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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    Quote Originally Posted by JayJaw View Post
    Oh my god he escaped! i found him tucked away in a linen closet! Is this a sign that maybe I should brumate? it seems like he was trying to find a burrow.
    Or maybe he wanted some fresh bedding
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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    What is the weather like in your area?
    Maybe all the other snakes around you are already asleep.
    Allready waiting for the sommer
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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    The weather has been cold today but for the past two weeks has been around seventy degrees all day. I have a heat lamp on and run my space heater on and off while I am home so the temp has to be near eighty. I have had him for a month and still can't get him to eat . I have tried: earthworms, nightcrawlers, rosys, guppies, zebra danios, slugs, pinky parts. Combined with an endless number of techniques. I'm at my wits end with this one!

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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    Quote Originally Posted by JayJaw View Post
    The weather has been cold today but for the past two weeks has been around seventy degrees all day. I have a heat lamp on and run my space heater on and off while I am home so the temp has to be near eighty. I have had him for a month and still can't get him to eat . I have tried: earthworms, nightcrawlers, rosys, guppies, zebra danios, slugs, pinky parts. Combined with an endless number of techniques. I'm at my wits end with this one!
    You've got a stubborn one there.

    I don't mean to be negative but maybe something is wrong with him. An illness of some kind.
    Is he still active, tongue flicking. Reacting to movement?(alertness)
    How's he look? Does he look overly skinny?
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    Re: Refusing to eat.

    Nope I see him out and about, he flicks his tongue all the time. Whenever I open the lid he darts under the substrate. He has some scars from being out in the wild but he doesn't look to bad. His body is a normal size too he just will not eat it's so frustrating.

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