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 Leucistic rat snake off feeding

My one year old rat snake, since i have moved her to the new enclosure, just start to refuse meals, its already 47 days off feed....could that be from the change of habitat, or they also tend to eat less in winter?? In the next feeding i will put her back in a smaller box with the prey to see if that works...any with the same problem with leucistic rat snake??
12/21/08  04:12am

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 Leucistic rat snake off feeding

It could be the season, but if everything is ideal they eat year round. (Some times of year are more difficult to make ideal, is all.) What’s different about the new cage from the old one? Location, size, cage props, lighting, whatever you can think of.
It’s probably too late now, but when I upgrade a snake to a a new home I always try to bring along something they like that smells familiar, such as an unwashed hide area or even their old substrate if it was changed recently anyway. I doubt it’s usually necessary, but some are more sensitive than others.
12/21/08  11:25pm

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 Leucistic rat snake off feeding

Yeah I agree. My snakes feed year around, you just have to compensate the temp change, but otherwise they never slow down. Be sure you have hides and all that. Watch those temps more than anything this time of the year.
12/22/08  09:01pm

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   Message To: Tav13   In reference to Message Id: 1919016


 Leucistic rat snake off feeding

First of all, thanks for the answers.
Well she was the first year in a small Rubbermaid container box, with a heat mat , and 12h day light, now the enclosure its 3 times bigger and vertical with a ceramic heater, temperatures are the same, but the gradient use to be on horizontal, right-cold left-hot and with this one, its Heat on the top and cold below, so there are a few environment changes...i´m wandering if i should take her back to the old place and see if she takes a meal in there or give some more time to get used to were she is now. I just don´t know if 2 months off feeding its something to be concerned for a one year old rat Texas snake.
01/10/09  04:13am


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