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pythonaddict
at Sat May 16 23:54:57 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pythonaddict ]
We were having the same problem with our male pastel. We bought him and they told us he ate once a week. They said he ate small rats, and when he rejected those, we tried a mouse. We tried live first and nothing. Then we offered it dead and just left the room. We made sure he couldn't escape his feed tank, and we checked on him every 15-20 min and finally after almost an hour, he stared eating. So we left again and went back when he was finished. So next feeding we bought a rat, tried it live, no interest, then put it back dead and after ten minutes and us leaving the room, he ate. He doesn't like an audience. Yours could be the same. I don't recommend changing prey items yet, because once they get the taste of a gerbil or hamster I've heard they don't want to go back. And they're more expensive that rats. She could be uncomfortable in her enclosure, as in not enough privacy, heat source, hide box, etc. She may have been used to a different substrate and used to feeding on it as well. Do you feed her in her enclosure or in a feed box?
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RE: Heating pad question / problem feeder q - pythonaddict, Sat May 16 23:54:57 2009