Posted by: bradh at Thu Apr 14 13:05:35 2005

I've noticed my male and female breeding over the last 2 weeks, over the last few days, my male has backed off and lost interest. My question concerns the female (B/W phase) She seems thin to me and hasnt eaten since I've acquired her in(Jan) she appears to have come out of hibernation fine. Do females diamonds/carpets normally eat after mating prior to dropping the eggs? My 3/4 female never did last year, but her body weight was fine while gravid. Im starting to get a little nervous. Physically she seems fine, I havent pressured her to eat, nor have I tried to feed her in her cage, (I maintain a separate feeding cage) so stage fright might be an issue. My male hasnt fed either since coming out of hibernation, but he looks awesome so Im not worried for him in the least. In the meantime, the temps are up, she is active and continuing to grow skinnier. At what point might it be advisable to consider a force feeding possibly? I've used most of the feeding tricks I know i.e.(chicken broth etc.) Im going to revert back to trying a mouse this week even though she is a F/T rat eater. And she is also parasite free. Any input would be like gold. Thank you, Brad

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