SnakeAnorexia will cause the snake to be sluggish, and its physical strength will decline. For a long time, it will have a great impact on the growth of the snake, and it will also cause a certain degree of damage to the body! The environment is not Adaptation, unappetizing food, or illness are all reasons that affect the appetite of the snake. The snake is anorexia, how can we improve it?

What are the causes of anorexia in snakes?

1. Animals that are unhealthy, contaminated with pesticides and other poisons, rotten, moldy feed, and unclean drinking water.

2. The climate changes suddenly and the snake gets cold, especially when the shelter is not ideal.

3. Feeding irritating drugs, or long-term feeding of oxytetracycline, etc.

4. Gum, oral inflammation, or other diseases can cause this disease.

5. Irregular feeding of food results in hunger and fullness, which leads to the disorder of the digestive function of the stomach, which is also one of the reasons for the occurrence of this disease.

What are the effects of anorexia on petssnakes?

Factors such as environment, food, and diseases are all possible causes of anorexia in pet snakes. Anorexia, then it will have a great obstacle to its growth, and its health will also have great hidden dangers. This situation needs to be improved as early as possible.

Due to the disorder of the movement of the snake's stomach, the secretion of gastric juice and the absorption of certain nutrients, the snake's appetite is obviously decreased, and the snake's appetite is reduced or not preyed for a long time, or even less water. normal growth of snakes.

The adverse effects include nutritional deficiencies. The sick snakes have thin bodies, dull scales, and particularly thin tails. Then the sick snake crawls slowly, the response is slow, the mouth is dry in autumn and winter, and the mouth often drools in early spring.

How to improve the anorexia of pet snakes?

Snakes with long-term anorexia usually experience weight loss, poor spirit, etc. If there is a hunger strike, it may lead to the death of pet snakes . Therefore, owners must find out the cause of pet snake anorexia as soon as possible, and then take corresponding treatment measures.

The basic principle of treatment is to remove the cause, clear the intestines and make fermentation, and adjust the gastrointestinal function. At the beginning of the disease should reduce the feed or stop feeding, only give it warm water to drink, stop collecting poison. The specific treatment methods are as follows:

1. The snake whiskers are fed alone, 5-10 mg of vitamin B complex solution or glucose solution is fed daily, and some raw eggs are fed at the same time.

2. Force feeding should also be done as it pleases, otherwise the snake will vomit immediately because the food in the stomach is not in the appetite of the snake. Repeat this for 2 or 3 times. Death, the resulting mortality rate can be as high as 20% to 30% of the snake population. When necessary, vitamin B injection can be supplemented to enhance the physique of sick snakes.

3. Feed the sick snake with 5% magnesium sulfate, 1-2 mL per kilogram body weight; or 1-2 mL of rice vinegar; or 3 mL of garlic tincture. Take one of the above, and take it twice a day for 3 to 5 days. It has the effect of regulating gastrointestinal function.

The main reason for the above situation is the unreasonable management of snake farms, blindly expanding the breeding scale, neglecting the management, and failing to grasp the rationality of the stocking density. Only by allowing snakes to live and move in a relatively spacious environment, and be fully prepared for regular feeding and deworming work, can completely avoid or reduce the occurrence of this disease.