Diary of a snake (and her girl)...

[EasternGirl]

Thanks, Steve....how many babies did that snake have?

[guidofatherof5]

If I remember correctly it was 23.

[EasternGirl]

I'm so sad...I had found another snake...I think she may have been Cee Cee's sister...I named her Gee Gee...I left her outside, but I was making friends with her...she came right up to me last week. Then, I couldn't find her for a week. I found her dead in my basement last night. It looks like something bit her on the neck. I'm going to give her a proper buriel later today. I am so sad for her.

Selena has not eaten for a month...I'm really getting worried about her...I keep offering her worms and fish...her usual food...but she will not eat. She is active, but not going to the bathroom, since she isn't eating....any suggestions?

[ConcinusMan]

I found her dead in my basement last night. It looks like something bit her on the neck.

Sounds suspiciously like what a rat or other rodent would do. Just one or two fatal bites on the head/neck area is their signature.

[kibakiba]

Sometimes they do that as a way of saying they want more variety. Mama will do that sometimes when I feed her nothing but pinkies, she'll reject them until I give her something else. It could also be that she just isn't hungry. Some snakes will just go off food randomly and then start eating again when they're ready. If she isn't getting skinny, she'll be okay. Most healthy snakes have enough body mass to endure going off food for a month or two.

[EasternGirl]

She seems to look healthy enough...she doesn't look skinny...and she is active. So, you don't think I should be worried? I guess I could try offering her a pinkie...she never really liked those all that much...she has always preferred worms and fish.

[kibakiba]

I'd say if you want to, you can keep offering food every once in a while and she'll eat when she's ready. That's like with Mama's babies, all of them (except Specks) would rather starve than eat a worm

If she starts losing a lot of weight, that's when I'd start worrying. When they're healthy, I believe they could go up to... I think, it was 4 months. Activity is always a great thing, lethargy isn't. I guess unless she was about to shed.
All of my snakes will go off food about twice a year it seems. Snakey always does around September. I've had him for 2 years. Each time, though, I had mistakenly overfed him He was quite chubby. He went on a diet and has been at a healthy weight ever since

[EasternGirl]

Thanks, Chantel. I keep offering her food every couple of days in case she decides she is hungry.

[EasternGirl]

Interesting...I figured maybe a rat...although I have never seen any around my house...poor girl.

[EasternGirl]

Hey guys!

I hope everyone is well....finally finished my classes...no more school until my nursing clinicals start next year. Hopefully I will be online more now.

I need some serious advice...Cee Cee gave birth to eight dead babies. No live babies. Why would something like this occur? Could she be ill? She stopped eating over a month ago...which I thought was odd given she was gravid. In fact, I had given up on the idea of her being gravid since she stopped eating and had not given birth....but then I woke up yesterday morning to find six dead babies in her enclosure. She gave birth to another yesterday evening and another in the middle of the night. Thoughts???