Advice.

[Cruddown]

Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

1- If the snakes shows no interest in the rat with in 30 minutes, take it out.
2- Stop trying to feed the snake every day, it will stress him out. If he does not eat the rat, then wait again for his next regular feeding day to try.
3- The rat appears to me to be a little big, but he should be able to eat it with no problem if he is hungry.
4- Check and make sure your temps are right and the snake isn't refusing to eat because it is to cold.

Agreed.

Sometimes with dums, people recommend only feeding at night and not handling the snake for a day or two before feeding. I can't tell just by the pics, but the enclosure may be too large. Having too much room can stress some snakes out. It seems counterintuitive, but dums seem to like the security from a smaller enclosure.

[kwhitlock]

Originally Posted by Cruddown

Agreed.

Sometimes with dums, people recommend only feeding at night and not handling the snake for a day or two before feeding. I can't tell just by the pics, but the enclosure may be too large. Having too much room can stress some snakes out. It seems counterintuitive, but dums seem to like the security from a smaller enclosure.

I dont believe this theory. Many people on here have opened my eyes to this idea. If a snake has enough cover and hides any sized enclosure will be fine in the wild they dont quarantine themselves to a 4 foot area. Just make sure he has enough cover and hides to move from place to place without feeling exposed.

[Cruddown]

Originally Posted by kwhitlock

I dont believe this theory. Many people on here have opened my eyes to this idea. If a snake has enough cover and hides any sized enclosure will be fine in the wild they dont quarantine themselves to a 4 foot area. Just make sure he has enough cover and hides to move from place to place without feeling exposed.

It's just something to rule out in case she continues to not eat. Dumeril's boas can have a reputation for being finicky eaters.

I keep mine in a relatively small enclosure, she eats a small rat (50-70 grams) every 7 days, and she doesn't show any obvious signs of stress. She switched to F/T with zero effort, so I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing. Her tub is still as long as she is (2 feet), so it's not cramped and still fits recommended size requirements.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by Cruddown

It's just something to rule out in case she continues to not eat. Dumeril's boas can have a reputation for being finicky eaters.

I keep mine in a relatively small enclosure, she eats a small rat (50-70 grams) every 7 days, and she doesn't show any obvious signs of stress. She switched to F/T with zero effort, so I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing. Her tub is still as long as she is (2 feet), so it's not cramped and still fits recommended size requirements.

Originally Posted by kwhitlock

I dont believe this theory. Many people on here have opened my eyes to this idea. If a snake has enough cover and hides any sized enclosure will be fine in the wild they dont quarantine themselves to a 4 foot area. Just make sure he has enough cover and hides to move from place to place without feeling exposed.

If there is cover and security as kwhitlock mentioned, a snake getting stressed out by a big enclosure does not make sense logically. The wild is basically the enclosure for wild snakes. That is so many orders of magnitude more room than the space we give our snakes. The reason they don't get stressed and stop eating is because they have cover and security from rocks, logs, trees...etc.