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HogBilly
at Thu Sep 25 21:11:19 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HogBilly ]
Last thread, my 10yr girl had mites and was raspy. I cleaned her up, no more mites, seems happy and healthy. Had a good solid shed the other day. FINALLY ate.
I figured I'd give her another food item at the two week mark, and if she ate again we'd be golden. No dice. She looked a little interested, and would make passes of sniffing the body, but just passed on by the food and kept looking for where food could be. Then, went back to sleep. I tried everything with that rat, from dancing to tossing it around the cage to laying it down right in front of her. Then I left her completely alone for 24 hours. Nothing. So I tossed the rat out, figured I'd try again in a week.
Third week mark, today, I try a new rat. The python is super excited, active, cued to ANY movement and zips right over. I toss the rat in, sure that she'll nail anything that comes into the cage.
Nothing.
Her activity seems to die minutes after the food has been put in. She sniffs at the rat, but whenever her nose gets too close she jerks her head away. Whenever I try and bring it near her, she just tries to move away. When I bought her some months ago, she came with scars from when someone fed live. Is she too scared of the food to eat it? Are there any tricks I could try to get her to strike?
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 The problem Water Python, again. - HogBilly, Thu Sep 25 21:11:19 2008 
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