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thmpr134
at Fri Feb 11 11:27:09 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by thmpr134 ]
John,
I had the same problem with mine originally. My first pair didn't eat for the first 3 months I had them. I brumated them with my normal colubrids for 2 full months and got good results. They started on live pink mice within 3 weeks of brumation, and have been eating machines ever since. The only difference I can see with our methods is that I had a little higher temp on the warm side - about 81F. Other than that, I think you're doing everything the way I did. Not sure if that will help, but as long as you've got the cool side down in temp, I wouldn't see any problem warming the warm side up a bit more. Hope this helps!
Bryan
>>I've got a pair of cb 04's that haven't eaten for me yet. I received them back in early September (they're from Germany) and I gave them a one month semi-brumation in Dec-Jan. Since then I've tried to tempt them with live pinky mice and live pinky dwarf hamsters. I think the temp./humidity setup is optimum but I'm going to do some really detailed checks on temps. Anyway, I've got them in a shoe box setup with moist hides on the warm side and the cool side. I'm keeping them with a daytime 78F / 68F temperature gradient and 65F at night. They're in a room that is in daylight during the day. I'm starting to worry and was contemplating force feeding with mouse tails. Any advice or relevant good/bad experiences would be greatly welcomed.
>>Regards
>>John
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RE: Looking for help from mandarin keepers... - thmpr134, Fri Feb 11 11:27:09 2005