two meals in 5 months would not be normal to me. if you mean 85 is the temp of the hot side of the cage, i would say that could be your problem. i keep my cages at 90-91 on the hot side. if i am understanding you correctly, then i would bump up your temps and you should get much better feeding results.

>>Please help i have had 2 columbian red tails for 5 mnths now one being a female yearling the other a year older male. They are both in seperate enclosures. My male has been a slow eater only taking 1 hamster and 1 mouse in both january and feb. The ambient temp in there tanks is near 85 degrees in the day since its still kinda winter here. Is this a normal eating pattern or is he maybe too cold? Also he seems close to shed and has not eaten for 22 days.
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• red tail probs? - mack1time, Wed Mar 1 11:41:03 2006
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