SmudgeDaz
Not so new Member
Hi guys,
I have a Stimson python which I have owned for 8 years.
She would be around 9-10 years old and i haven’t had any issues until recently.
I need some advice as I’m worried something might be wrong but just want others opinions!
She has suddenly stopped eating. which is very unusually for her. I record everything and have done so for the past 8 years so I know yearly when she is likely to go into hibernation / shed. She always goes into hibernation in May and comes out in October. And her shedding schedule is pretty predictable (not around this time of year)
Another unusual behaviour I have seen lately is that she is extremely active, more than I have ever seen her. Every evening she is out of her hide and exploring. She will scale the walls of the enclosure exploring.
She has been showing this behaviour at feed time Instead of eating. I will place her in her feeding tub and she will ignore the mice and immediately climb out the tub and want to go off exploring...
Has anyone else experienced something like this?
I’m not sure if I’m panicking too early but in a week it will be almost a month without her eating (and it too early for her to be hibernating), and it makes me worried that something is wrong as for 8 years she has always been predictable in her feeding schedule (every two weeks unless hibernating)
More detailed information about her below if it helps:
Location - We are in Perth so the weather has been hot the past month
Diet - 2 adult mice every two weeks (I’ve been using the same supplier for 8 years and I even tried a fresh batch of frozen mice and she still wouldn’t eat)
Health - She is good weight and highly active! She’s out her hide every night and exploring.
Temperament - she’s well matured and never bites. Her behaviour recently has been normal, but more active.
Enclosure - Nothing has changed in her enclosure, her temperature is controlled by a thermostat and is set to summer temperature range (so the heat hasn’t been on lately because the temperature inside the house has been around 30 degrees)
The last time she ate was Feb 2nd and I tried feeding on Feb 15th and Feb 26th with no success.
Any advice or thought would be welcomed!
I have a Stimson python which I have owned for 8 years.
She would be around 9-10 years old and i haven’t had any issues until recently.
I need some advice as I’m worried something might be wrong but just want others opinions!
She has suddenly stopped eating. which is very unusually for her. I record everything and have done so for the past 8 years so I know yearly when she is likely to go into hibernation / shed. She always goes into hibernation in May and comes out in October. And her shedding schedule is pretty predictable (not around this time of year)
Another unusual behaviour I have seen lately is that she is extremely active, more than I have ever seen her. Every evening she is out of her hide and exploring. She will scale the walls of the enclosure exploring.
She has been showing this behaviour at feed time Instead of eating. I will place her in her feeding tub and she will ignore the mice and immediately climb out the tub and want to go off exploring...
Has anyone else experienced something like this?
I’m not sure if I’m panicking too early but in a week it will be almost a month without her eating (and it too early for her to be hibernating), and it makes me worried that something is wrong as for 8 years she has always been predictable in her feeding schedule (every two weeks unless hibernating)
More detailed information about her below if it helps:
Location - We are in Perth so the weather has been hot the past month
Diet - 2 adult mice every two weeks (I’ve been using the same supplier for 8 years and I even tried a fresh batch of frozen mice and she still wouldn’t eat)
Health - She is good weight and highly active! She’s out her hide every night and exploring.
Temperament - she’s well matured and never bites. Her behaviour recently has been normal, but more active.
Enclosure - Nothing has changed in her enclosure, her temperature is controlled by a thermostat and is set to summer temperature range (so the heat hasn’t been on lately because the temperature inside the house has been around 30 degrees)
The last time she ate was Feb 2nd and I tried feeding on Feb 15th and Feb 26th with no success.
Any advice or thought would be welcomed!
