Honestly can't tell if shedding or not.. and eaten once since November

[bennett88]

Childrens Python - Hatched 20/11/10 (Owned since 26/11/11)

Sooo, im not really very worried yet because he's still alive, is the same size still and my temp is constantly between 30-32 at the warm end... but i cant tell if hes shedding or not, he has a blue shimmer in the light to me, but has now for like 2 weeks or so(probably more)... so thats a little confusing..

And then!!! he has only eaten once since Nov 15th, and that was Feb 2nd...

Any thoughts? or should i be worried at all?

 

[Dmnted]

Hatched on the 20th of november but hasn't had a feed since the 15th of November?
Did you mean 15th of december ?
So you got it 6 days after hatching with no feeds?
How often are you offering a feed?
What kind of feed is it and how are you offering it? ie tongs / via hand ?
Have you left the feed in the enclosure overnight?
Is it striking defensively at all ?

Childrens can be hard to get feeding.

 

[57UPD]

Hatched on the 20th of november but hasn't had a feed since the 15th of November?
Did you mean 15th of december ?
So you got it 6 days after hatching with no feeds?
How often are you offering a feed?
What kind of feed is it and how are you offering it? ie tongs / via hand ?
Have you left the feed in the enclosure overnight?
Is it striking defensively at all ?

Childrens can be hard to get feeding.

it was hatched 2010...

 

[bennett88]

lol, look at the dates again... ive had him 4 months and he is a year and 4 months old..
the charting from the snake ranch says he was eating Adult Mice, but the only thing i got him to eat was a Hopper Mouse. I use chopsticks to place it in tank and I leave it for at least 24hrs every time. i offer maybe every 2 weeks when he wont eat...

The first time I got him to eat on 2nd Feb was after i had left it in the tank for over 24 hrs, and then decided to wiggle it and stuff so i had it near him and moving it etc till i sparked some interest, then he'd just smell it and still leave it alone even while still wiggling it, eventually i slowly lowered it onto his snout while he was investigating and slowly opened his mouth and pulled it, but let go... i did same thing again only he took it fully and ate it....

Haven't had any progress or even any interest since then..

He never strikes at all, for any re i think he is possibly the most placid snake ever.

 

[Dmnted]

Dates.....Doh !
I wouldn't be worried just yet then as it should be healthy enough to last quite a while longer.
Zero feed response at all is a little unusual
Are the hoppers warm when you offer them and is it at night?

I do have a stimsons that goes off it's food at this time of year every year for some reason, otherwise it's a good feeder although, your has been off food for a while now.
Maybe try some quail and see how tht goes. Mine usually chow down on quail...must be delicious to them
Your setup seems fine in terms of temps.

 

[bennett88]

umm.. It's usually like 8pm by the time i get home and warm up a frozen mouse... haha..
Where do you get your food from? maybe ill try from there... some places apparently have lower quality feed.. and praps ill try a quail..
Is the reason that everyone uses rodents is coz quail is so small?

I really wanted a Stimsons... but mines pretty small atm anyways

 

[Dmnted]

Have PM'd details. Just another thought, is it spending most of its time near the heat source or at the cool end?

 

[bennett88]

It doesnt really seem to have much of a preference, its like whichever hide he ends up in is where he stays... lol. sometimes it chills at cold end for a day or 2 then just stays in the hide at warm end. nothing really conclusive.

 

[Dmnted]

Sounds Ok then.
Looks like it is regulatng its own temp like it should be.
Maybe bump temps up 1 degree to see if the feeding response gets any better and monitor where it spends its time.

For others reading, the OP had success with a quail over the weekend so happy days.
Might have been coincidence/luck though because it still didn't strike and took it after leaving in the tank for an hour or so.