Snake Hasn’t Eaten In 13 Months

[NJHerp]

UPDATE 4/30/16 After going back and forth with the gut wrenching decision of putting him down I went one last time to the vet for a tube feed late March. The vet and I decided that we would put him down in May. Would you believe after 19 months HE ATE!.

I offered up a substantially smaller rat than usual as I have been doing (used to feed him jumbo, this was a medium). It sat in his enclosure all night and all morning until I was about to throw the rat out and leave the house when out of nowhere he started eating.

It's been a week since and he's kept it down. My vet and I are SUPER shocked. We are still both concerned that his blood work didn't look great, but it's a glimpse of hope. The doctor wants him to eat 1-2 more times then we can do a fecal test and more blood work to re-evaluate his condition to go from there.

Thank goodness I held on while the doctor and everyone else told me for months to put him down.