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Rattlers not eating
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by twoblackbelts on July 16, 2004
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I have 2 crotalus atrox and 2 crotalus ruber r all in one enclosure and none will eat; not even indiginous rodentia I dug up from their original collection sites. I'm new to Western snakes. What am I doing wrong???
DH Noble
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by taipan_nuts on July 17, 2004
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Well for one you need to seperate your snakes and house them individually. Snakes like people succumb to stress. People like to get away from each other. Wild caught rattlesnakes can be a pain in the butt sometimes to get to start feeding.
As stated, set them up individually.
House them w/ ambient temps around 80F and give them a basking spot. The temps under the basking spot should be about 95F. A thermal gradient is very important.
Give them water.
Give them a hidebox. Put the hiding place at the cooler end of the cage. ITs a good idea for the temps to be around 78 80F at the cooler end.
Give them a day and night. Snakes need sleep. If you have lights on 20 hours of the day (or some sort of lighting) this can be a contributing factor to stress. I venture into my snake room after hours using a flash light.
There enclosure should not be in a part of the room where there is heavy traffic. If your snakes are constantly buzzing then it is clear that they are experiencing some degree of stress.
Try offering live or dead food items. Offer them at different periods of the day or night. Remember do not leave live prey items unattended with the snake. Rats especially will kill snakes...even venomous ones.
Do a fecal. Your snakes may need to be deparasited.
Just a few ideas..... good luck!
Dr. Edward J. Freyaldenhoven
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