how long can a cali king go without eating?!

[malcontent]

how long can a cali king snake go without eating! i havent been able to feed him in a month?! im scared poop-less!!!:(

[malcontent]

i finally got him to eat a piece of chicken.....i hope this is ok for him?!

[lucylou432]

Hi - hope your snake is ok now? I have no experience of this but I have been reading about it as my sinaloan refused her last feed.

Its apparently common for them to refuse feeds for several weeks esp when it gets to the start of the breeding season when they start prowling round looking for a mate or somewhere to lay eggs. It's not worth worrying about unless they are obviously losing weight.

Generally, you shouldn't feed bits of meat as a snake needs the whole animal to stay healthy but I doubt one ocession will do much harm.

Can you post to say whether the snake feeds ok now? I might well be getting worried if mine goes a month, in spite of the advice above lol

[malcontent]

in a weeks time. (next feed) ill be able to get back to you if hes ok. he hasnt regurgitated the chicken so apparently its ok. but ill never do that again thanks for the info! hes a little pissy lately probly hunger and i guess breeding season right?!

[vanderkm]

A lot of how long they can go without feeding depends on age and temperature. Adults can go months - our males don't eat from when they come out of brumation until after breeding season. Babies can even last a couple months without food if they are well hydrated.

Chicken pieces are not an acceptable diet - but you might try offering a smaller than normal prey item. Also consider whether the snake is in a shed cycle - out cal kings will eat even when shedding, but many snakes don't like to be disturbed then and refuse food.

mary v.

[malcontent]

yeah. no more chicken pieces thats for sure i was just out of mice and desperate!! but he was in a shed for a period of time. which may have been why. he good now i hope. he ate the chicken!!! heh. maybe he likes the bonless stuff. j/k. but hes young. about one year! and growing fast!!! maybe its a she?!?! i hope so. i wanted a female. females are fiestier right?! and bigger. thats mainly why i wanted a female. but will he/she ever stop pooping when i take her out?! ive had her since december and she/he still freaks out on me! :(

[jalisco milk]

pooping or musking?

[malcontent]

i dont know which is which. it doesnt look like her poop. her poop has white and black stuf in it and what goes on my hand is more a thin white translucent-ish kind of stuff. once before it had something chunky in it. what exactly is musking? what they do when they are scared??
i dont want to scare her. i guess i should start taking her out once a day so she gets used to it!?