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I am grave & extremely worried bout my Indian sand boa, what do i do someone please help me2007-11-24 2:00:47

It's been nearly a week &a half since i last fed my pet indian sand boa! Im finding it very difficult 2 find a mouse/rat.its preferred food item. Im getting extremely worried about its health & also that it might die due 2 starvation! What am to do in such a grave situation. Do i force feed it with a fish as a temporary adjustment till the next time its hungry? or do i trust its ability 2 feed of its fat reserves.as snakes have been known to go without some lenghts of time! Whats the maximum time that i can take to find it some food? or do i immediately go in for a force feed? i copuld try a lzard(gecko) someone please let me know as soon as possible.I'll be extremely grateful to ou for ur help! Thanks in advance!

Answers:

I highly recommend that you go to your nearest pet store and purchase a mouse or a rat. It is not usually a good idea to catch wild prey for your pet due to disease issues that the prey could be carrying. A week and a half will certainly not kill your snake and I do not recommend that you force feed your snake anything, especially if you are not trained to do so.you can cause more damage than good.

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This snake needs to eat! I have owned many snakes in the past, as my father was a forest ranger. Why can't you simply go to a pet store and buy a rat or mouse?? Pet stores all sell them cheaply! The snakes should always eat once weekly (2 weeks shouldn't kill them, but try not to do it often).