Corn snake not eating problem...

[Baby_DJ]

My sister has a corn snake she has had it for 3 months and it has eaten once, when it moved into the tank.
This was when she first had the snake, he is now in a small rub that is 10" by 7".
The temps and everything are fine humidity is fine but he just wont eat.
The pinkies are no bigger than the widest point of his head.
The mice are always heated up to room tempreture and just above to make sure they are ready for him. He is not being handled at all at the moment.
He is on kitchen towl, with one hide at the hot end and one hide at the cold end, only one tree in the corner of the hot end.
The temps are 85F at the hot end and 75 at the cold end.
It appears that a cupple of times it looks like he has tried to eat the pinkies but had to spit them back out. He was on the straw like substrate and i have felt him all the way down his body and there does not feel like he has swolled any and there is no hard bits so i dont think there is impactation.
Any advice about what eles we can do to help him eat, we have tried:

• Small pinkies, the smallest in the shop.
• Cutting the pinkies in half lengh ways to they are thin.
• Cutting the pinkes skull to bring the brain juices out for him to smell.
• Putting the pinkie in tuna juice.

Thanks
xx

[hillzi]

How old/long/weight is he?

If he's old enough and becoming sexually mature, he may fast during this time as they'll be coming into the breeding season within the next few months.

Hope this helps and he gets going again soon, as long as weight isn't falling off him, i wouldn't worry.

[Baby_DJ]

Originally Posted by hillzi

How old/long/weight is he?

If he's old enough and becoming sexually mature, he may fast during this time as they'll be coming into the breeding season within the next few months.

Hope this helps and he gets going again soon, as long as weight isn't falling off him, i wouldn't worry.

he is only 4 months old, he is about 12" - 13" long. he hasnt lost any weight because he hasnt put any on, he has only shed once since she has had him.x

[Ssthisto]

Have you tried the waxworm pot trick?

Get a warm defrost pinky, dip it in water, put it into an empty, clean waxworm pot. Put in snake (easier to type than to do) and close the lid. Leave the snake in the waxworm pot on the cool side of the tub overnight.

[Baby_DJ]

Originally Posted by Ssthisto

Have you tried the waxworm pot trick?

Get a warm defrost pinky, dip it in water, put it into an empty, clean waxworm pot. Put in snake (easier to type than to do) and close the lid. Leave the snake in the waxworm pot on the cool side of the tub overnight.

not herd of that one before, new trick? ill get her to try it.. x