Help...King won't eat

Rmk1999 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-16-2004, 03:17 AM

My king has always had an awesome feeding response...borderline viscious in that he attacks it before i even place the poor thing(ft) in his tank. Recently we've placed him in a larger tank(30 gal to 55 gal) which seems to be a more suitable size...we also got him larger water bown and larger hide. Could this move affect his feeding habits? He hasn't been interested at all in his last 3 scheduled meals. Actually seems to back away at the site of the mouse. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Separate feeding tote and leaving him alone for a while didn't work.

bpkid · #2 (**permalink**) 10-16-2004, 03:21 AM

sry.i cant help.that sucks,having a snake that wont eat.

faze · #3 (**permalink**) 10-16-2004, 03:28 AM

my suggestions..... check temps and humidity if those check out give a soak in luke warm watert if he poops get a fecal done at the vets office(prolly 2-30 bucks max) if he dont poop put him back in his cage till he poops if he still isnt eating theres a product called stimu ap(i think thats the name) its made by esurep try getting some of that and giving that to him if he eats after using it get the fecal done once he poops if he still doesnt eat bring him to the vet and have the vet try to check him/her

good luck

Ed_r · #4 (**permalink**) 10-16-2004, 03:41 AM

Are there enough hides in the new tank? Could be stressed. Could you temps be lower in the tank? or maybe a larger cool side? If its been hanging on the cool side allot, could possibly be thinking of brumating. Sounds like a temp issue to me. Specially if it was eating fine before the move. How old is the snake?

faze · #5 (**permalink**) 10-16-2004, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Ed_r

If its been hanging on the cool side allot, could possibly be thinking of brumating.

thats right i didnt even think about the time of year

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