hunger strike...6 months?

[lanalizard]

my bp is now on his 6th month hunger strike.....and has lost 250grams during......

[FireSerpent]

How old is it? What feeding techniques have you tried?

[Corey Woods]

I had one female go 56 weeks without eating. If they are off food now don't expect them to eat until atleast April.

Corey

[FireSerpent]

I think it is amazing how long snakes can go without eating, whats more shocking/ funny, and yet kinda disturbing is that when i got my first corn it went for about a month strike and it was only about 1 foot long! When i called a vet he told me that i should try a diifferent type of food, he sugested FRUIT!!! *sigh* I learned after years of owning snakes that it is a frustrating habit that they sometimes adopt, and like corey says sometimes as frustrating as it is theres not a lot you can do :rolleyes:

[Lisa]

What was the name of that vet so i can avoid them.

[FireSerpent]

Don't worry about it he is on the west coast of canada! But it is a real shocker to hear that coming from a vet huh!?

[lanalizard]

ive tried live gerbil, mouse, f/t everything, rubbermaid with mouse, in cage, hide box, paper bag, chicken broth, cut nose, etc etc etc...when should i try to assist feed cuz some ppl told me to go ahead and use veggie oil and do it because he is losing so much weight...

he is 3 years old and 4 feet long.