Most common feeding tips:

• No snakes eat vegetation.
• You will have to feed most commonly kept pet snakes mice or rats (some larger snakes may even be fed rabbits, and a select few can be fed other items such as fish or insects).
• Your snake should be eating dead prey (to prevent injury to the snake).
• Frozen and thawed food may be acceptable to your snake.
• If it won’t eat dead prey, then feed it live prey that has been stunned.
• Prey must come from a reliable source (to prevent disease).
• Snakes usually are fed once a week, or once every other week.
• The feeding event itself can be dangerous, especially if that’s the only time you interact with the snake (the snake may not distinguish what is food and what is you!).
• Don’t overfeed!

It won’t eat!
There are several reasons why your snake doesn’t want to eat. She might be injured, ill or just doesn’t feel like in her natural environment. There’s a list of reasons:

• The temperature might be to high or to low. Try with two thermometers to get it right. Some species are extremely sensitive.
• Low humidity might cause dehydration and dehydrated snake will eat less or even stop eating.
• The light might be unsuitable. Some animals will only eat in darkness due to their night hunting instinct.