My adult male Cal king has been refusing food since July, and seeing as how he was a little overweight to begin with, I didn't get to excited about it... He took one mouse between July and when I put him in the spare room to brumate sometime around christmas...



FR had mentioned that the reason he wasn't eating would pertain to conditions he was being kept in, so I decided to try something...



While he is hibernating, I disinfected his cage and set it back up EXACTLY as it was while he was in it, then I took my subadult female calking and put her in his cage... in 3 weeks, she has taken 3 meals, no problem, no hesitation...



Now, the biggest reason I moved her was because were her cage sits, its kind of hard to get to to feed and clean, so I figured while the male was "sleeping", I'd make her easier to reach... I think after this, when I bring the male back out, I'm going to put him in her old cage and see if I can convince him to start eating again...



Any input on what his deal may be would be helpful... I should add that about the time he started refusing food, he was biten by a mouse that I screwed up and didn't kill when I tried to stun it... He ate after that, but not nearly as well...



Old pics of the male







The female

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