rosy feeding question

I have two rosy boas, both born earlier this fall. Both had been eating and then stopped. I tried leaving them in deli cups overnite with the pinkies and no luck. I have read that rosy boas like to go into hibernation even at such a young age. The question is, should I cool them down for a few weeks and then warm them up again and try feeding or simply keep working with them until they eat?

Any advice you might have on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Larry D. Stassin

My two 2003 females are doing the same thing. Well, they have been very inconsistent at accepting pinkies. One has eaten twice in 6 weeks, the other just once. They look good don't look skinny, and they drink when offered water so I know they are not dehydrated. They are also fairly active all day and night. No signs of distress - just won't eat.

Their temp during day on hot side is about 90 and 80 on cool side. At night warm side stays 84 or so, but cool end drops to about 75. Substrate is aspen, and they have hide boxes on both ends but they prefer to go under newspaper under aspen.

It is fairly typical this time of year. Infact alot of babies go straight into hibernation. With my troubled babies thats what i do with them, and they wake up ready and hungry. If they are hesitant about eating id cool them down. If their sytems are cleaned out from the last meals.

Micah seemed to have hit the nail on the head. A lot of rosies will be in hibernation mode when laid, or when your cage temps drop a bit, or when they decide it is time.
Whenever they decide to hibernate, they will.
Just keep offering them food, and they will eat sooner or later.