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Originally Posted by chairman
You don't need to unbury the snake to feed it. You can just set the mouse in the cage after dark, possibly just before everyone goes to bed for the night, and then check to see if the mouse is gone in the morning.
Another option is to wait until you see the snake cruising before you feed it. My corn snakes poke their heads out of their hides when hungry.
Yet another possibility is that you need a better hide on the surface. A nice, tight hide where the snake can feel the hide on all sides of its body. This can be done by adding a couple magnolia leaves or bark flats. Even a piece of cardboard laid straight on the dirt will work. The snake will dig out a little hollow underneath it but will be more or less on the surface in its "burrow."
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Ah all right, I'll try that, then!
It just worries me because she well. She's special. Like I said, the very first feeding was more or less her just staring at it and *sniffing* it for maybe 2 minutes straight before finally eating it-- like she had no clue what it was. I worry she just won't entirely understand that there's food chillen' out there for her. I could be wrong though; she is the first snake I've had who is this "against" food.
I'll consider that hiding spot thing! She already has a "normal" hide, then like two others made out of cork bark flats-- she loves said bark flats more than the other round hide. I also have some flat slate rocks saved from previous builds i could add in there, too. I never thought of the size of the hide being the problem, but that is an interesting thought!
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