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    Re: She won't eat or come out

    hi there, sorry I took so long to reply. I tried to give her some worms but she totally ignored them. I put in the vivarium a special small container with some mud and water which we were told to use when she was ready to shed, but I don't see her eyes cloudy, so maybe she's just comfortable inside that little container.

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    Re: She won't eat or come out

    It sounds like normal settling behaviour to me. The time she's not eaten is nowhere near the point that you need to be concerned.

    I'd look at your temperature gradient, I think cool end is too warm and warm end is too cool... Are you heating the cool end, because 25C sounds warm? My cool end is kept at ambient room temperature, and at the warm side my heatmats are statted at around 32C. I have a little variation, but that is the temp range I aim for.
    I've found that my marcianus are less likely to take lob worms than other species (radix really jump at the chance to scoff down a few lob worms).

    I'd suggest altering your temps slightly, give it a few more days and then try again with fish, if she doesn't take the fish give her a day and try some chopped pinky.
    Chris
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    Re: She won't eat or come out

    Hi all, I'm very pleased to tell you that the snake shed last night, today she's been most of the day out and about moving a lot, which is excellent. I hope she gets her appetite back soon now, thank you very much to everyone

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    Re: She won't eat or come out

    Shouldn't be too long now.
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