Changes

* Potential aetiologies for anorexia in snakes that can be hard to acclimate to captivity include inappropriate prey type or size (see [[Snake Diet|diets]]), inappropriate environmental temperatures (see [[Snake Housing|housing]]), dehydration, and chronic [[:Category:Snake Diseases|disease]].

* Potential aetiologies for anorexia in snakes that can be hard to acclimate to captivity include inappropriate prey type or size (see [[Snake Diet|diets]]), inappropriate environmental temperatures (see [[Snake Housing|housing]]), dehydration, and chronic [[:Category:Snake Diseases|disease]].

'''[[Royal Python|Royal python]]'''

'''Royal Python'''

* Environmental cues can be important for feeding.  A royal python is far more likely to eat a rodent that is similar in colour to agouti coloured free-living rodents.  In captivity these snakes are often offered albino or fancy coloured mice rather than appropriately coloured prey and therefore do not receive the visual cues to eat.

* Environmental cues can be important for feeding.  A [[Royal Python|royal python]] is far more likely to eat a rodent that is similar in colour to agouti coloured free-living rodents.  In captivity these snakes are often offered albino or fancy coloured mice rather than appropriately coloured prey and therefore do not receive the visual cues to eat.

'''[[Garter Snake|Garter snake]]'''

'''Garter Snake'''

* The presence of thiaminases in frozen fish can lead to clinical disease in fish-eating snakes, such as [[Garter Snake|garter snakes]].

* The presence of thiaminases in frozen fish can lead to clinical disease in fish-eating snakes, such as [[Garter Snake|garter snakes]].

==Preparation of food==

==Preparation of food==