Post by shane on Jun 9, 2004 4:21:02 GMT -5
A hatchling we have (hatched 17th may) has stopped eating. It ate the first two times without any problems. It has only been handled gently and quickly a couple of times weekly when cleaning its enclosure. I have checked its enclosure has a thermal gradient, it is kept in our bedroom away from any disturbance and in a quiet corner, its penpal is covered on 3 sides to give extra security ( I do this with all of my young snakes) and it has the usual hide and fresh water with paper towel substrate.
We have tried wiggling the pinkie and it goes in the opposite direction, gently tapping the hatchling with the pinkie has no effect, weve tried braining and splitting the stomach. We have also covered the enclosure over to give it extra security. There have been no signs that it is about to shed, it only shed a couple of weeks ago anyway. Weve also tried putting the pinkie in warm water for a few seconds, and have used forceps to handle it. We are thinking of transfering it to a cricket tub tonight with a new pinkie to see if this works as a friend of ours uses this method and it works for her. Come the weekend we will ask someone to supervise us with assisted feeding if we have no luck. any tips anyone?
We have tried wiggling the pinkie and it goes in the opposite direction, gently tapping the hatchling with the pinkie has no effect, weve tried braining and splitting the stomach. We have also covered the enclosure over to give it extra security. There have been no signs that it is about to shed, it only shed a couple of weeks ago anyway. Weve also tried putting the pinkie in warm water for a few seconds, and have used forceps to handle it. We are thinking of transfering it to a cricket tub tonight with a new pinkie to see if this works as a friend of ours uses this method and it works for her. Come the weekend we will ask someone to supervise us with assisted feeding if we have no luck. any tips anyone?
