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I posted several weeks ago that my burm, for no apparent reason, stoped eating. It seems I just needed to threaten to take her to the vet....I was planning on taking her in this weekend because it has been 5 weeks and she is starting to loose weight. But tonight she ate! Fast too...I feed thawed or pre-killed, however she ate so fast I don't think it would have been dead yet if I fed live. j/k

Thought I would shair the good news.

Dan

Congradulations. I have had adult female burmese go on hunger strikes that exceeded a year before. The last time was in the late 1980's. I'll never forget it. She was a robust 14 foot female that went down to maybe 40 or 50 pounds before she began eating again. While this may sound like she lost a tremendous amount of weight, it really wasn't. She wasn't even a couple of years old and so was only about 80 or 90 pounds when she was "robust". (juvenile/young adult frame). I still don't know why she did this. I may never know. She was healthy at the time. I have just always assumed that they occasionally 'decide' to do a fast.

>>I posted several weeks ago that my burm, for no apparent reason, stoped eating. It seems I just needed to threaten to take her to the vet....I was planning on taking her in this weekend because it has been 5 weeks and she is starting to loose weight. But tonight she ate! Fast too...I feed thawed or pre-killed, however she ate so fast I don't think it would have been dead yet if I fed live. j/k
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>>Thought I would shair the good news.
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>>Dan
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Pebbles create ripples.
Ripples can become tidal waves.
Tidal waves sink ships.
The largest ships sink the fastest.
All Titanics are created equally.

Mine stop eating from around september to january.
One of my males just stoped eating about 4 weeks ago.
He's to busy crawling around lookin for a girlfeiend.
He can prolly smell the female across the way from him. I dunno , Maybe ?
Every time you open the cage , to eather clean it or offer food , He doesent even look twice , just trys to get out.
I always figured it was a mating responce or something. The females dont stop eating , but both my males do.

>>Congradulations. I have had adult female burmese go on hunger strikes that exceeded a year before. The last time was in the late 1980's. I'll never forget it. She was a robust 14 foot female that went down to maybe 40 or 50 pounds before she began eating again. While this may sound like she lost a tremendous amount of weight, it really wasn't. She wasn't even a couple of years old and so was only about 80 or 90 pounds when she was "robust". (juvenile/young adult frame). I still don't know why she did this. I may never know. She was healthy at the time. I have just always assumed that they occasionally 'decide' to do a fast.
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>>>>I posted several weeks ago that my burm, for no apparent reason, stoped eating. It seems I just needed to threaten to take her to the vet....I was planning on taking her in this weekend because it has been 5 weeks and she is starting to loose weight. But tonight she ate! Fast too...I feed thawed or pre-killed, however she ate so fast I don't think it would have been dead yet if I fed live. j/k
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>>>>Thought I would shair the good news.
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>>>>Dan
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>>Pebbles create ripples.
>>Ripples can become tidal waves.
>>Tidal waves sink ships.
>>The largest ships sink the fastest.
>>All Titanics are created equally.
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Seth Mason.
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