Kenyan refusing food...for too long!

[jbt123]

Hey guys.

Age-old problem, I know, but one of my male Kenyans refuses to eat. TRUST ME, I have alot of snakes, have had alot of picky eaters, BUT...

He's just a baby!

Currently, his sister DWARFS him. He hasn't eaten in 4 weeks, coming on 5.

He used to eat f/t with NO issues whatsoever. Now he won't even touch a live pink, which any of my kenyans would automatically go for.

He threw up his last meal after refusing food for about 2 weeks (most likely due to shedding, he did shed), so I started him on a water/vitamin a&d regimen, and he drinks ALOT of water, which is good. His skin actually is more brilliant even than his sisters.

He's perfectly healthy by my standards. No dry shed, no impactation, and as far as I know, no worms (he hasn't pooped in FOREVER, didn't collect the last sample because at the time NOTHING was wrong with him), he is extracting urates, but of course he's not pooing because he hasn't eaten in a long time.

He's lost all body fat as I can tell (they are skinny babies anyway, but he's so much skinnier than anyone else), but he's still definitely got all of his muscles.

What should I do...? I am currently attempting to feed him a live pink, and still no luck. I did the "leave him alone with the food " trick for a few hours, and still no-go.

Should I be worried? My Dumerils does this to me ALL THE TIME but he's an adult. Desmond is a baby and I'm worried that this just isn't normal...what do you think?

	Frozen/Thawed A rodent or other prey item that is frozen and then thawed to be fed to a reptile or other animal.

[jbt123]

Bump**

Any advice?

[jbt123]

...alright, let me sit here worried, then.

Love you guys, but it seems like NOBODY knows anything about KSB's on here?? How much different are they REALLY than BCCs or BCIs?

If there's nothing else I can do, if I'm doing ALL I can, TELL ME. Don't just assume I know, or I wouldn't have posted this topic in the first place.

Seriously? ANY HELP???????

	Boa Constrictor Constrictor Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Boa constictor constrictor). Refers to "true" red tail boas such as the Guyana and Suriname locales.

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[_Sam_]

I honestly have no idea. We had issues at work with a KSB that after awhile started refusing F/T but took a live pinky with no problem... i dont know what to tell you, hun, but if nothing else, here's a bump for ya.

	Frozen/Thawed A rodent or other prey item that is frozen and then thawed to be fed to a reptile or other animal.

[John_E_Dove]

I can only tell you what worked for me.
I purchased a male EASB (Kenyan) a few years back from a fellow who had had it for 3 months. He told me up front that it had not eaten for him in the time he had it.
In spite of that I made the purchase believing I could get him to feed somehow. Sometime I over rate my own abilities in my head.
For 6 months he did not eat even though I tried every trick in the book. Well all but one.
Finally one day it hit me, when I was feeding a picky eating hatchling corn, that there was indeed something I had not tried with the EASB. I had not tried putting him in a deli with playsand for him to hide in with a live prey and covering it with something so he was in the sand in a closely confined environment in the dark.
I tried it, leaving him overnight in that set up covered with a thick towel with a live pink mouse a few days old. The next morning there was no pink.
It took some time to wean him away from the sand and the live but he now eats frozen thawed rat pinks in a covered larger deli. I still leave him over night as well because I don't feel the need to disrupt a process that is working to determine how long it actually takes for him to eat the prey.

For you I would suggest the same using a live Day Old Pink Mouse.

[jbt123]

I appreciate the replies, and I want to apologize for taking so long to respond myself, I just checked it today, because I didn't think I was going to get a reply...but thank you both so very much! I will try that technique you suggested, John. Thanks!

...should I be worried at all if he doesn't eat for a while?

[John_E_Dove]

I worried the entire time he did not feed so I would say yes especially with a baby.
Just don't give up and make sure it has water.