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I have two 05 het albino sisters. When I purchased both one year ago they were both about 5ft. Now one is 7ft 20lbs and the other is 6.5ft 12lbs.

The bigger one is an extremely aggressive eater where the smaller has typically liked to eat in the dark with the dead rat on the floor of her cage. For a while she would eat every week like that but occasionally she'll just leave it w/ no interest. She has eaten one jumbo rat in the last 6wks and refused her last three meals. I considered the possibility that she was in fact a male but this has been ruled out. They are kept under basically identical conditions in 4ft visions. Both appear very healthy and both are active.

Why does this one have such a weak feeding response?! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jack

Sorry they are 04's

Just my personal experiances but the one that's eating slower will make you more money.

>>Just my personal experiences but the one that's eating slower will make you more money.
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And probably live longer too.

We are all different. So are snakes. Those two sisters are not identical twins, they have different sets of genes. : )
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If the one with less appetite isn't a male for sure, I'd say its just like us humans. Some are real thin with virtually no appetite and some are hyper feeders and very heavy. It's that "we must binge now, for famine comes soon" gene.
jsc
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John Crickmer

are you using heat lights on your visions? if you are then the cage on the floor is always a lot colder. You said they were kept the same so i'll stop beating the horse now. 6.5ft. for an '04 doesnt sound like a skinny snake. maybe a winter hunger strike! good luck