Taiwanese Beauty Snake Caresheet

Wednesdays and Sundays being her normal feeding days, the last wednesday (10/22/14) and yesterday (10/26/14) she hasn't eaten. She was offered food last Thursday as well just in case. This morning the mouse was still there, I'm not particularly worried, but in all honesty I'd prefer if she ate. She looks like she's in shed, washed out colors, blue/grayed over eyes, etc. The moist hide over the heat mat is where she's spending all of her time now, by her choice. And when I've taken her out, yesterday for instance, she was warm and active, so that's a good sign. With the clouded eye caps though came the nervousness that is to be expected with not being able to see. But to her credit, she hasn't bitten or even threatened to bite, so I know she has a good disposition, not the easiest thing to find in general. It makes me want to make sure she's ok and going to keep remaining ok for as long as she lives.

10/23/14 After the two mice weren't eaten I had decided to try again the next night, maybe this time she would eat. Last time there was a lot of activity, bath, cage cleaning, etc. So I decided to take her out prior to giving her a mouse and she was awfully nervous almost skittish. After looking her over I noticed she had a dull look to her scales and eyes, time for a shed! Her first one with me. So I prepared the moist hide by placing whetted paper towel, just damp, in a larger flat water bowl and putting that on the warm side of her cage and placing one of her hides over it. Hopefully this'll be enough. I also placed some 3"x4" coral fragments in there with her for her to rub on. And just in case, I gave her a new mouse later that night. The next morning, this morning, the mouse wasn't eaten and she had pooped. So I cleaned it out and threw away the mouse. Hopefully she'll fully shed well and soon and start eating again.