Posted by:
Jim_O
at Mon Mar 14 10:31:27 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jim_O ]
Several comments:
First, carpets sometimes go off feed in the winter even with ambient temperatures of 80° to 90° which are fine.
Second, I do not recommend housing the two females together as one may be intimidated by the other, more dominant one, and go off feed for that reason. A few days apart may not be enough to reverse that.
Third, do you know for a fact that she was a rat eater before? Many carpets do not like rats. Have you tried a mouse to see if it is simply a food preference issue?
I would separate the two females and keep the non-feeding one in an enclosure when she cannot even see the others. If, after a month she still refuses to eat you might consider a trip to the vet. By then if she is simply in "winter mode" she should have started eating I would think.
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Jim
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