Burm clutch not eatting- why?

[jncoclub]

First off, this is my first time posting a question, please be gentle. I have been reading these forums for awhile and I think you all are very helpful to one another while keeping a great sense of humor. I'm glad I have found this site and I hope someone can help me out.

6/22/02 my boyfriend and I bought the first baby burm out of a group of roughly 12 from a respectable reptile shop where we have gotten 3 other wonderful snakes. We were told that she had eatten before, but she should eat that day- so they sent us home with a pinky and a fuzzy. She did not eat, so we tried again the following week. No luck. After the 3rd week attempt of her not eatting we took her back to the shop and asked them what to do. They informed us that the entire clutch was not eatting except for one. They were stumped as to why. The person who sold them to the shop was apparently the only one to say that they ate, and now he was unreachable. The shop had pulled the entire clutch and kept them separate to keep an eye on them. They all were tested for mites, bugs, etc. They were all clean. They tried all different forms of foods prepared different ways, but no luck. That day they administered some sort of medicine (I do not recall what kind, can find out if needed be) that was to treat a large variety of internal things as well as provide protein. We took her home and was told to try feeding her in another week (which she still would not eat) and to bring her back in 2 weeks for another administering of medicine. When we brought her back they gave more medicine and force fed her 2 dead newborn mice. They said that she had not lost any weight, so that was good. The 11 other burms in the shop still had not eatten also. They were absolutly stumped. Now I am on the week after her force feeding and medicine and she has still not eatten. We've tried pinkies, fuzzies, dead alive, split brained, rat pups, all of it, but no luck. I do not know if any other of the shop burms have eatten this week, I will call tomorrow. The people at the shop are trying all that they can, but they can't offer an explanation. We are getting very attached to our little lady (Clyde) but don't know why noone is eatting. Has anyone ever hear of this? Or know how to cure it? She has a great personality and is very friendly, we think she is very small for her age (21"long, 2" girth at largest part) and we can just tell she is weak. I will probably take her back to the shop for another force feeding this week, but I would still like to know why this is happeneing. Can anyone please shed some positive light on our situation?

-Jennifer