Hi All !
I really need your help. I have a burmese python. He is about 3.5 meters in length and about 11kg. We got him from a local breeder that wanted to put him down because he have not eaten for 2 months and was starting to loose weight. So iv had him for 4 months now and still hes not eating. I gave him countless rats of all sizes and every time he kills the rat,starts to eat,but as soon as the rats head is in he spits it out again. I had him at the vet and they could not find anything wrong with him. They did some x-rays, taken hes blood for tests and they had a tube down hes thought. The vet cant find anything wrong with him. He is healthy ,has no mites and we also made sure that he temp. is spot on. They did pump some food into hes stomach. So he was all-right ,but he must have eaten by now according to the vet,but still the same story,he kills the rat,start to swallow,but not even halfway in he spits it out again. He weighs 8 kg now and the vet told me we have to put him down if he does not eat soon.Its gonna be a real shame to put down such a beautiful animal.Please if anyone have anything i can try,please help. The only thing i can still think of is that he wants different food. But will he really rather starve to death than eats rats?