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Melisssss
at Fri Jul 7 07:47:47 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Melisssss ]
Ok out of desparation, I fed my BPs live rats all winter because all but one refused f/t for months. Now, no one will eat f/t. They have not eaten for a month now and still turn their nose up to f/t. My original male has gone from 400grams to below 340 grams. This male will only eat one live item per feeding and it took months to get that item to be a rat. I am throwing out more f/t than I am feeding now and its horribly frustrating. They all should be eating machines this time of year right? Temps are 88 degrees in the basking spot, 80 degrees on the cool side, humid hides with bed a beast always available. I keep them on newspaper now because cypress bugs were making me nuts. I have tried dancing the f/t, leaving it lay, warming it, making it over 95 degrees even at times, leaving it in the cage overnight, feeding in the dark, feeding in the daytime, handling, not handling, basically, you name it and I have tried it.
Any ideas? I have tried to assist feed my original small guy but he constantly spits everything out even a f/t rat pup or pink.
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 BPs will not eat f/t - Melisssss, Fri Jul 7 07:47:47 2006
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