Eastern Milk Snake feeding problem

[christinelp]

Help!? we have new 12 inch eastern milksnake and it won't eat. We have tried pinkie mice, crickets and earthworms. Any ideas?

[reverendsterlin]

no crickets, no worms, no other insects. You may have to assist feed an it may be necessary to feed just the pinky head if the snake is very tiny. Do a search on assist feeding.

[Vanan]

Try lizard scented prey, or maybe a live lizard. An anole for example.

[snkmn]

yah. i would try a small anole

[enso]

First, where did you get this snake? Was it supposed to be eating frozen thawed? Have you tried putting the snake in a small container with paper towels, the food item and then leaving the snake alone for a few hours? Try pinkie heads or punch a hole in the pinkies head. Sometimes the smell of blood, ect initiates a feeding response. Good Luck.

[Bencb3]

i kno for a fact that what enso said about the blood entiseing a snake is true, i saw it on some show, so heay, make the pinky bleed a little

[Andy_G]

Some easterns can be impossible to feed. Try muice but if it won't take mice try skink tails.