After three meals, I am puzzled

[Mommy2many]

In the fall, they tend to slow down on their eating schedule. You mentioned that you acquired them the 25th of September; last year, I presume? So have they been eating regularly for you since then, or is the date wrong and are they newly acquired snakes? Newly acquired snakes may take a few weeks to acclimate themselves to their new home and in that, not eat.

Keep trying different types of food, i.e. worms, fish, pinkies, slugs etc. When they are hungry, they will eat.

[Serpico]

In the fall, they tend to slow down on their eating schedule. You mentioned that you acquired them the 25th of September; last year, I presume? So have they been eating regularly for you since then, or is the date wrong and are they newly acquired snakes? Newly acquired snakes may take a few weeks to acclimate themselves to their new home and in that, not eat.

Keep trying different types of food, i.e. worms, fish, pinkies, slugs etc. When they are hungry, they will eat.

The latter option, LeAnn.
They are newly aquired ones, and while it is true what you say about acclimatization, it is also true that the female ate immediately, and the male DID eat one chunk (not big, his head more or less), ONCE, then stopped.
And this happened after one week only their arrival.

I will surely keep trying offering him food, next offering will be fish tomorrow, and on saturday I'll go get pinkies and sunday, slugs.

But I intended brumating the couple, this coming winter, and now I am reconsidering...

[Serpico]

Update.

I got pinkies today, I chopped them and after having removed the female from the viv, I gave some thawed pieces to the male.
Ignored.
I have left the pieces with him right now, and I am gone. I'll wait some time before prononcing also this food "refused".

At the same time, I have noticed a small lump on the male's back, approx one third of his lenght, the lump is grey color, and a couple of millimiters high...

What could it be? It was not there, two days ago....

A worried Pg

[guidofatherof5]

A photo would be great.

Is it scabbed over? What does it feel like? moveable, hard.
Any seepage?

[Serpico]

It feels like a lump, moves a bit but not much, no seepage, it looks dry, grey ish in color, and he definitely refused also the pinkies's chunks....

Thanks for any help!

[katach]

What is the humidity in the tank? If humidity gets too high they can get blister disease. One of our Pugets got a blister when we first got her. We had a ventilation issue with our first tank. We put antibiotic ointment on it, kept a very close eye on her, and got a new tank with better air flow.

[Serpico]

What is the humidity in the tank? If humidity gets too high they can get blister disease. One of our Pugets got a blister when we first got her. We had a ventilation issue with our first tank. We put antibiotic ointment on it, kept a very close eye on her, and got a new tank with better air flow.

If anything, the tank is well aerated..both vents correctly set, and opened...
No, i would not say the humidity is too high, in case, is too low..

[katach]

Could it be a parasite? I can't recall where I saw this, but there is a worm that can be just under the skin of the snake.

[guidofatherof5]

Subcutaneous worms.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...-day-vets.html
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/urge...7-pimples.html

[Serpico]

Subcutaneous worms.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...-day-vets.html
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/urge...7-pimples.html

After having read the linked articles, I concur. And tomorrow Shiro and I will go see doctor...

I will keep you posted, while Mila gobbled up 6 Aterina (small fish)...he did not even look at them.