Hello i recently have purchased a male eastern milk snake from a seller on fb market place and the seller has has removed there account so i cant ask them for any help and i haven’t been able to get him to eat and its been a little over a month but he hasn’t lost any weight since i was able to start weighing him he weighs 86-96 grams (was hard to get a good read cause of him moving in the container) and he is 30 inches long. his warm side stays within 2 degrees of 80 and his cool side stays around 75 on the surface and 70 in his underground hide. humidity has been a steady 50% along with him having a humid hide option. he went into blue as soon as i got him home and i got a nice long complete shed in couple of days. so in conclusion im pretty sure some random guy caught this snake in his basement and sold it me tho it shows no signs of being wild ( hasn’t showed any defensive displays not even a tail shake) i haven’t been able to get him to respond to food I’ve tried braining and live pinkies besides normal frozen thawed. and now I’m starting to get worried cause its been a month and there’s very little info about keeping eastern milks.
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Welcome! Those have a reputation for being tricky feeders. And I’ve picked up internally injured ones from roadsides that looked clean enough to be captive bred, so he could be W/C. With the days getting shorter, he may be preparing to brumate. At 90g he can handle much bigger prey than pinks. I’d try a small f/t mouse next, served hot. If that’s refused, I’d be considering brumation until days get noticeably longer in late February.
Hopefully people who know the species better than I do will chime in. Good luck!