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grnpyro
at Mon Oct 24 15:10:53 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by grnpyro ]
My Pyros do that same thing every year and sometimes very early.
Its not abnormal for a male to fast twice a year, once in the spring when females are shedding and ready to breed and once in the fall before winter.
If your snakes look good, get a gram scale and weigh them out and record it. Most likely, your snakes will not lose enough weight to be a major issue before winter. I had a male kitts peak pyro stop eating a week before October last year and go all the way through winter, and then when waking up did not eat until after breeding in the last week of march. That was almost a 6 month fast and that particular snake only lost a few grams.
I would say, do not worry about it, just do a good deal of monitoring so that you know when to pack on the meals annually before they fast.
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RE: Pyro knob feeding problem - grnpyro, Mon Oct 24 15:10:53 2011