Just shed, still not eating

[swifty]

Since I brought my 10 month old diamond python home he has eaten one fuzzy rat on the 13th dec. He hasn't eaten since but he shed yesterday (2ndJan).
I have tried braining the rat and running it along the ground and touching him on the nose with it. He seems interested but won't strike.
Am I doing something wrong or am I worried about nothing? I thought he would be starving after not eating for a few weeks due to the shed.
He is still in the click clack I brought him home in and temp is ~29`C. The click clack is inside the bigger enclosure. He has a little hidey hole and seems otherwise happy.
Any help appreciated
Swifty:?

 

[Barno111]

Did the bloke you brought him off say he was eating fine?

 

[tenacres1100]

temp under the basking light should be 32c. he might be a bit cold.

 

[tenacres1100]

and it's been cold in Melb so increase the temp at the warm end only and try again in a few days, don't handle him now until hes feeding

 

[Stitched]

My diamond has performance anxiety, he wont eat if someone is standing there watching!
Leave the rat in the enclosure overnight, always worked for me

 

[ReptilianGuy]

i have the same prob with to of my pythons every now and a gain. i just wait a couple days and try again. did the seller say what he was feeding your snake?
also try taping the side of his body, a reation strike can end up in the item being constricted and swallowed

 

[swifty]

He had apparently taken his first fuzzy rat before I bought him without any problems. I have tried leaving the rat in overnight but it's still there in the morning.
I can increase the temp but won't the whole of the click clack be the same temp throughout? I don't have a heat mat, just the thermostat within the bigger enclosure. Should I get a heat mat so that he has a proper warm and cold end?

 

[dickyknee]

temp under the basking light should be 32c. he might be a bit cold.

Being a diamond , 29 degrees would be fine .....drop the prey in the cage and leave it over night , might take it when no one is around ....

 

[tenacres1100]

He is still in the click clack I brought him home in and temp is ~29`C. The click clack is inside the bigger enclosure. He has a little hidey hole and seems otherwise happy.
Any help appreciated
Swifty:?

if you mean he's in an enclosure in a click clack, that's not a good way of heating him. are you measuring the temp in the tub? It's best if you get a heatmat and thermostat and heat 1/3 of the tub only, if you can't get a heatmat you might be better to put him in the enclosure with the basking site set at 32c with 2 or 3 hides for him 1 near the heat and a couple of branches.

 

[tenacres1100]

Being a diamond , 29 degrees would be fine .....drop the prey in the cage and leave it over night , might take it when no one is around ....

sorry but that's not what I've been told and it's only young. I bet that the breeder had the temps higher than 29c for the hatchys

 

[station]

sorry but that's not what I've been told and it's only young. I bet that the breeder had the temps higher than 29c for the hatchys

the breeder i bought mine from had the temps at around 28c

 

[dickyknee]

He had apparently taken his first fuzzy rat before I bought him without any problems. I have tried leaving the rat in overnight but it's still there in the morning.
I can increase the temp but won't the whole of the click clack be the same temp throughout? I don't have a heat mat, just the thermostat within the bigger enclosure. Should I get a heat mat so that he has a proper warm and cold end?

Sorry i missed this post ....
So he had taken 1 fuzzy rat before you brought it ?? was that all it ate ?
If you have the click clack just sitting in a bigger enclosure , that is probably not the best way to set it up .
Buy a small heat mat , and sit about 1/3 of the tub on top of the mat , a hot and cold end is best option .

 

[dickyknee]

sorry but that's not what I've been told and it's only young. I bet that the breeder had the temps higher than 29c for the hatchys

Well 10 months old is not really a hatchy is it
I do keep and breed them so am aware of temps .....29 IMO is fine for a diamond that age

 

[tenacres1100]

Well 10 months old is not really a hatchy is it
I do keep and breed them so am aware of temps .....29 IMO is fine for a diamond that age

ok if you say so, but I've been told by a few breeders that 32 under the light is ideal and the rest cool as you can, that way they will come and go as they please, if I had mine at 29 it wouldn't ever leave the basking light

 

[swifty]

I will grab a heat mat tomorrow and try that.
Yes he had his first fuzzy rat before I bought him. Before that he apparently took pinky mice. He's only eaten the one fuzzy rat since he came home.
Shall I keep the warm end about 29ish?

 

[tenacres1100]

I will grab a heat mat tomorrow and try that.
Yes he had his first fuzzy rat before I bought him. Before that he apparently took pinky mice. He's only eaten the one fuzzy rat since he came home.
Shall I keep the warm end about 29ish?

my son's MD is 10-11mth we have it in a 3x2 enclosure with 3 hides and a few branches and it never misses a feed, you could try it in the enclosure for a week and see if it settles down and get a heatmat then if it doesn't

 

[tenacres1100]

Before that he apparently took pinky mice. He's only eaten the one fuzzy rat since he came home.
Shall I keep the warm end about 29ish?

sometimes they won't take a rat the second time wash the rat to remove the smell or try a mouse again and if you can ring the breeder and ask him what temps he had them at.

 

[dickyknee]

I will grab a heat mat tomorrow and try that.
Yes he had his first fuzzy rat before I bought him. Before that he apparently took pinky mice. He's only eaten the one fuzzy rat since he came home.
Shall I keep the warm end about 29ish?

Try offering it small mice , it has been feeding on them so it might take them easier , once it is settled in and feeding well , you could try swapping to rats .

 

[ReptilianGuy]

try a bigger rat or a hoper/ weaner mouse. something with hair and scent. i found thawing the food and keeping it dry by placing it in a zip lock bag and then in hot water for 5 min when it is defrosted will heat up nicely and keep it scented well. i started this because my jungle is fickle and he hasn't rejected a feed using this method

pinkies wont make your snake grow. thats probly why it appears to be a hatchie still. they can handle up to 6 times thier head size without injury