wont eat!!

[Jay]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

try offering fresh killed to start with,once he starts eating them it should be easier to get him on frozen thawed food items

i would'nt worry too much about him not eating what with him coming up to shed.some of my carpets eat during shed some dont.

you will learn to read your carpet soon enough mate once you've had him a bit longer

cheers shaun

How long can they go without eating

[gonesnakee]

Originally Posted by jay0133

How long can they go without eating

A Carpet eating small rats that is that size could likely go 8-10 months easy.
As for switching over I would not feed it anything for a good month or so & try FT heated right up to 100F+ & do so at night & it will likley eat.
If not wait another month & try again.
Snakes that never get hungry will always refuse what they do not want or are not accusstomed too, a hungry snake is far less picky.
Keep in mind that the same snake in the wild may only eat 4 or 5 times a year & would be far less picky than a captive kept one that gets prey offered to it weekly.
Most ALL captive kept snakes are overfed specially in comparision to their wild counterparts, Mark
P.S. ensure husbandry is correct & if so "starve" it out for a while will help the switch

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by jay0133

How long can they go without eating

ive had hatchling carpets go 10 month before they started eating

the general concencious is a snake can go a year without eating

i would stick with rats for now mate

it can be really hard to get them off mice.the older the snake the harder it is

reason for this is nothing more than the phyisical size of the food item

an adult carpet will take a medium rat and that will do him

where as it may take 5 to 10 mice to match that rat in meal size and nutritional value

id wait and see if he's heading into shed.usually once they've went through the shedding proccess they go right back to eating again

cheers shaun