My transpecos rat snake just died this morning....

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Posted by sue on December 27, 2000 at 07:53:22:

I am not having much luck with babies today. I found my amel motley corn baby dead this morning and now the new transpecos was dead. He had refused to eat last week, his first feeding at my house, but I figured that he had just eaten on Thursday at the breeders, and I feed on Mondays, so he probably wasn't hungry. So this week, I tried to feed him and he ignored the thawed pinkie. I thought that since the breeder was feeding live, that I would have to do some tricking to get him to eat frozen/thawed. So I teased him into grabbing it by hitting him on the side of his neck and he did grab it after about 6 strikes. He swallowed it fine and then a little bit later, I found it regurged in his tank. So I removed it. This morning when I checked on him, he was dead. Poor snakes. I feel bad for them. I don't know what was wrong, but these two never did feed well (although I don't know about the transpecos feeding history really). All the other corns and the other transpecos seem fine, so I don't think it is a problem with the food. Any other suggestions?
sue

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Re: My transpecos rat snake just died this morning.... Dan. S 12/30/00 (0)
Re: My transpecos rat snake just died this morning.... Dan Berry 12/29/00 (1)
- Yes, the snake had access to water, however Transpecos are desert snakes... sue 12/30/00 (0)
Re: My transpecos rat snake just died this morning.... JY 12/27/00 (3)
- Temps are 80 warm and 70 cool.... their cagemates are fine.. sue 12/27/00 (2)
  - Re: Temps are 80 warm and 70 cool.... their cagemates are fine.. Ltwism 12/27/00 (1)
    - Thanks, I really agree with you about the snakes themselves... sue 12/27/00 (0)

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: I am not having much luck with babies today. I found my amel motley corn baby dead this morning and now the new transpecos was dead. He had refused to eat last week, his first feeding at my house, but I figured that he had just eaten on Thursday at the breeders, and I feed on Mondays, so he probably wasn't hungry. So this week, I tried to feed him and he ignored the thawed pinkie. I thought that since the breeder was feeding live, that I would have to do some tricking to get him to eat frozen/thawed. So I teased him into grabbing it by hitting him on the side of his neck and he did grab it after about 6 strikes. He swallowed it fine and then a little bit later, I found it regurged in his tank. So I removed it. This morning when I checked on him, he was dead. Poor snakes. I feel bad for them. I don't know what was wrong, but these two never did feed well (although I don't know about the transpecos feeding history really). All the other corns and the other transpecos seem fine, so I don't think it is a problem with the food. Any other suggestions? : sue

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