snake is not eating after shed

[werled]

so my snake was preparing to shed and was not eating she shed on monday night, so i offered her a rat today feozen thawed and she still is not eating is this bad ? i am kinda worried. she is showing no interested in food at all

Thanks

[Andy_G]

Sometimes they just won't eat. Wait a week and try again.

[TRD]

Did you fix your temperature issue you had not so long ago where it was just 22 C on the hot side of your terrarium...?

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/1029713-post1.html

[werled]

Originally Posted by TRD

Did you fix your temperature issue you had not so long ago where it was just 22 C on the hot side of your terrarium...?

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/1029713-post1.html

yes i did the hot side is now 26 degrees and the cold side 24 to 25

[TRD]

Not hot enough... hot side needs to be at least 28 C ambient temp, so if you measure with a normal thermometer it should hit that temperature next to the light (so the heat light is not hitting it). Probably best to just measure it in the middle of the terrarium between the hot and cool side, if that hits 27-28C then you're good.

Maybe because she has been kept at 22 C and lower temps for a while she went into winter mode preparing for brumation... They won't eat then... Like Andy said, let her for a week and if you can, up the temps a bit, she's get around and eat again. Don't worry, she can go quite long without eating, so it's not a big issue.

[jjhill001]

What kind of snake is it?

[Black cobra]

try warming the rat up a little. My boa just shed the other day, I offered him a guniea pig..he wouldn't take it, so I let the gp sit on a heat pad for about a min then tried to feed and he ate.

[werled]

Originally Posted by jjhill001

What kind of snake is it?

its a californian kingsnake

[jjhill001]

Originally Posted by werled

its a californian kingsnake

How old is it? Are you giving frozen thawed or live?

[werled]

Originally Posted by jjhill001

How old is it? Are you giving frozen thawed or live?

frozen thawed update: today i offered her still did not ate

[Scubadiver59]

Don't freak out, you're snake isn't going to die!

Try again in a few days if not another week. I've had the same thing happen to me, and two of my snakes are really infrequent feeders, weeks between feedings sometimes, but both still have a health body shape so I'm not concerned, and neither should you be concerned.

Food waste is a terrible thing; however, if you had two snakes, and one was a good feeder, you could feed the prey that wasn't taken to the good feeder and nothing would be wasted.

Hint, hint...!

Originally Posted by werled

frozen thawed update: today i offered her still did not ate