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My female Applegate pyro has never been a great feeder and I have always had to brain pinks for her to eat in the first place but recently she has cease feeding completely for at least the last month.
I keep the house at 74 degrees and her hot spot on top of the aspen is 80 and below the aspen is 82, so there is a good range of temps in her cage. The moist spot is like 76 during the day and at night does get down to room temp. She seems to prefer that area.

Does anyone have any miracle tricks out there that have worked good for them??? I assist fed her a mouse tail today because I wanted something to go down.

Thanks ahead.

Your low temps are actually quite high, and this time of year pyro and other mountain king species may stop feeding. Sometimes for the year, sometimes they will feed again in Fall before Winter.

I would try to get the cool side down as low as you can, which can be tough to do this time of year. This is so she can choose those low temps if desired, not necessarily to induce feeding, but to better conserve her fat reserves.
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Mark

How much cooler is the recommended temp for the cool side? My other pyros and zonata are all still eating which is interesting because I always thought that zonata were more sensative.

Your low temps are actually quite high, and this time of year pyro and other mountain king species may stop feeding. Sometimes for the year, sometimes they will feed again in Fall before Winter.

I would try to get the cool side down as low as you can, which can be tough to do this time of year. This is so she can choose those low temps if desired, not necessarily to induce feeding, but to better conserve her fat reserves.
What he said.
Some of my 09 and 08 pyros are winding down for the season starting in mid July. Oddly my breeder 08 trio is still eating regularly. I put their cages on the floor as they like temps in the low 70's for the most part. In the spring when I have a slow starter I jump start it with a lizard, followed by fuzzies, and it eats well all spring and into mid summer.
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Bob
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