Hi,

I have a virgin salmon female, going on 5 years old. She stopped feeding in early August, refused a few meals, just ate a small rat yesterday, but she usually ate two colossal rats regularly before voraciusly like clockwork.

I had to hold her off of breeding last year because of the same thing, she didn't have enough body weight going into cooling to breed, last year she stopped feeding and became restless, rubbing her nose against the cage and refused foods. In the spring and summer she was an eating machine.

I'm wondering if it us due to the shorter days? She is in a room close to an unshaded window that faces due east here in the midwest with the mornings sunrise.

I normally begin cooling in November and this is PRIME TIME to pump up body weight on my females. Should I start cooling her down now?

Thanks for your input.

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