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Longest off-feed

jmartin104 Aug 16, 2006 05:49 PM

My longest went just over 8 months (a male). What's your longest off-feed?
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

Replies (4)

bhmorrill Aug 16, 2006 06:02 PM

Got a 1200g female from a fellow breeder and she refused to eat for a full year! I tried everything under the sun (including taking her for a drive...none of the more normal tactics were working). Then I shipped her back to the original breeder and within a week she had eaten 2X for him!!! That pissed me off pretty good! But the one the breeder sent back in trade for the non-feeder laid eggs for me last year, so I can't complain!
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Ben
www.australianaddiction.com

JM Aug 16, 2006 07:02 PM

WC female I got on October 10, 2003. I don't know how long before I got her was her last meal~ but the first meal she took here was on January 30, 2005. She ate ONE small mouse on 1-30-05, then went another 6 full months until 8-4-05 to eat another small mouse. She never lost muscle tone or looked weak at all (she was very fast to bite ME on a regular basis). She was a steady feeder until 12-31-05~ then off feed again until 4-9-06~ now she is feeding on two small rats a week.
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Cheryl Marchek
AKA JM
The Red Dragons Den
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons~ for you are Crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

ginebig Aug 16, 2006 07:14 PM

About 14 months, 3 years ago. It was my 15 year old normal female and I still don't know why she went off feed. I just monitored her weight till she started up on her own one day.

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dwcraig Aug 16, 2006 11:34 PM

up until the other day mine was 9 nonths
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