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Both of these animals shed within the last week or two. The sunglow is on her 3rd or 4th shed. The arabesque is on his/her second. I have not sexed that one because it was so tiny and I didnt want to squeeze on its tail. It would not eat for the first 3 months of its life and I thought for sure it was not going to make it. I had one other neonate that did the same thing, a sunglow, that has also pulled through for me. Although the sunglow will only eat live... this little arab is taking F/T fuzzy mice. From its tail size, I think its a male. I was extremely impressed with his coloration after he came out of this second shed.

First up is the female sunglow

And the arab

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Wow... Those two look great, congrats. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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Ray & Dustin Bueno
Bueno Brothers Reptiles
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to get the arabesque to eat?

Was it just a matter of waiting it out?

just kept making feeding attempts. I would switch it up from rats / mice / ft / live. With the one that got the arab to eat I was very aggressive with the fuzzy mouse... rubbing it on the boas tail and bouncing it around quite a bit. Eventually the boa gave out a little hiss then did a defensive strike... I think that got the taste in its mouth... the next strike was a feeding response and he/she has eaten great ever since.
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