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I am warming up my male Russian rat. He stopped eating August 2003 and went in hibernation end of October. I kept him at 50F (11 C) untill two days ago. I am slowly bringing him back to 70F.

Can you believe the size on him after not feeding for almost 6 months?

Picture of last spring. No weight lost huh?

In 2000 my female Russian died while egg laying. I started over with a new female. She is obviously a lot smaller than the male. I hope that will not be a problem. I will introduce her in about 10 days.

She is quite stunning too.

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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

>>Nice snake Marcel.
I always enjoy your pictures!
Don't Russians tend to go off eating sometimes, similar to balls?
Thought I read this somewhere.
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Remember, my posts are MY opinion only.
Jimmy (draybar)

Yep, they do. They have very short seasons. That is because they come form land climates. Short warm summers but cold winters.

Marcel

>>>>Nice snake Marcel.
>> I always enjoy your pictures!
>>Don't Russians tend to go off eating sometimes, similar to balls?
>>Thought I read this somewhere.
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>>Remember, my posts are MY opinion only.
>>Jimmy (draybar)
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

Great pics Marcel, I hope the new female does well for you.

I am getting my male out from under the stairs this weekend, I have been keeping him between 50-60 degrees but I have no female to breed him with Checked on hime yesterday though and he seems to have lost little or no weight either.