玉米蛇饲养喂食问题(一)

    How to feed stubborn corn snake's  and hatchlings is the question  I get asked most frequently.This page will go through many different options and procedures,  I hope you can find a solution here!

    我常被问及许多玉米蛇绝食和幼体喂食的有关问题,在这里我将提出一些做法建议。

    These are some of the reasons  why your baby corn snake may be refusing his/her food.

    这是小玉米蛇拒食的某些原因。
 
    1. Shedding.   蜕皮中
    2. Not hungry.   不饥饿
    3. Over handling.
    4. Food may be too cold.   食物的温度太冷。
    5. Your snake may be to cold .   你的蛇体温太低。
    6. Food may have lost it's odour.  食物也许丢失了气味。
    7. Changes in the room he/she is kept in, Eg.Loud noises that might be upsetting your snake via vibrations.A bigger or more aggressive snake in the vivarium.Another snake added to the vivarium.

    更换了新的环境；巨大的噪声；一条更大更活跃的蛇进入了他的空间。

    Older Corn Snakes may not be eating for these additional reasons.

    成体玉米蛇拒食的其他原因

    1. It's during the snakes mating season.

    1. 可能是蛇的交配季节到了。

    2. Your snake could be carrying her eggs.

    2. 蛇可能怀蛋了。

    If none of the above, please seek advice from your reptile vet.

    如果你的蛇绝食的原因并不是上面的一项,你该找兽医征求意见。

    Here are a few tips that may help you to get a non-feeding  baby Corn snake to start eating.

    这里有一些有可能帮助你的玉米蛇幼体开吃的技巧。

    Try warming up the food before feeding to make it seem like a recently dead carcass.
将冷冻猎物的温度升高,让他感觉像活体。

    Try a different food - if you're feeding baby mice, try baby rats. Also try different sizes and colours(I have known people whose snake would eat only white mice but not black or brown colour ones).
尝试不同的食物,如果您喂的白鼠,尝试喂家鼠（黑色的）, 并且尝试不同的大小和颜色(我知道有个朋友的蛇就是只吃白色鼠而不吃其他颜色鼠的)。

    Try tapping the snakes body with the food, this will torment him and may lead to him striking at the food.

    尝试用食物轻触蛇身,可能引起蛇的攻击并咬住后进食。我是建议轻触蛇嘴比较好。

    Try different light intensities. Snakes are usually happier to feed in subdued lighting or indeed total darkness.

    尝试不同的光照强度。蛇更喜欢再光效较弱或者完全黑暗的情况下进食。

    Try adding one of the new liquids available which give off a strong smell of mouse to help tempt your snake to feed.

    尝试一种新的产品,这用液体可以增加食物老鼠的气味,更好的引起蛇的食欲。

    Try putting the food somewhere more private - such as in a plastic tub with a hole cut in the lid for your snake to get through. This extra "privacy" may be just what your snake wants.

    增加食物的隐蔽性,例如用一个开了能通过蛇的孔的塑料盒来装食物。蛇可能更喜欢自己搜索得到的食物。