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    Domos Ophiusa gregmonsta's Avatar
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    Re: Little help... new snake

    You'll just have to perservere and try and work out what she was eating locally. Amphibians might be worth a shot but she might also still be stressed by adjusting to the captive environment. Best to disturb her as little as possible until the feeding picks up.
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    Mr Thamnophis ssssnakeluvr's Avatar
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    Re: Little help... new snake

    it can take up to a couple weeks for the snake to adjust to captivity....

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    Re: Little help... new snake

    Guppies in a shallow clear glass bowl. Just enough water to let the fish splash around seems to work wonders on subborn eaters.
    As Don stated, it could also take a couple of weeks for them to settle in and start eating.
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    Re: Little help... new snake

    Quote Originally Posted by ssssnakeluvr View Post
    it can take up to a couple weeks for the snake to adjust to captivity....
    Yes 2 to 3 weeks they seem to calm down

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    Re: Little help... new snake

    Here is what I do... Take a bag of guppies (about 10) and drain all but about a tea spoons worth of the water out, stick the thawed pinky into the bag swish the pinky around in with the fish, then dump all of it in the cage. The jumping fish should attract the snakes attention, and the snake will accidentally attack the pinky or smell the pinky and eat it because the pinky smells like the fish

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    Re: Little help... new snake

    thanks for the help!

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