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My male albino, is up crusing the cage at all kinds of crazy hours everyday WILL NOT FEED getting VERY SKINNY

Damon Jun 02, 2004 09:02 AM

Hey guys I am a little concerned about my male albino. He is a 2002 male and was around 1050 grams in September of 2003. He bred 5 females this season, all atleast 5 times each.

During that time he ate 2 times for me during the breeding season. Once in mid Novemember and the last time was mid January 2004.

Since then he refuses to feed for me. He is really starting to get skinny. What worries me the most is that I find him up crusing his cage and all kinds of crazy hours.

I almost always find him in the morning up and crusing (like right now its 9:56AM) and he is up crusing around. I try once every 2-weeks to feed him but nothing.

He shows that 0-interest and acts as if there is no food in his cage. He used to pound live mice.

Over the years with constant support from everone here, I have been able to get over this fasting thing pretty good. And now when they fast I play there game to! Instead of offering food once every 10-days I over food every 14-21 days.

But because he my ONLY male albino and is my MAIN stud I can't help but get worried. From the looks of things it seems he wants to breed still! I am almost sure he would try to breed a female if I put him in with one. Should I at this time of the year?

I was lucky enough to get my 1st clutch this year EVER, and to be honest I would be happy with working with just this one clutch since it's my first.

PS I cleaned his cage with soap/water new bedding cleaned his hide, in hopes that would help, but nothing.

Replies (2)

RaulGomez Jun 02, 2004 09:52 AM

Put him in a smaller cage with a tight hide. Try to cut down the space that he has to roam around. He will come around. They always do.

Raul

Jay_Cassidy Jun 02, 2004 11:46 AM

Damon,
Your Albino sounds like a good breeder(5 females 5 times each). He might still be in breed mode, my spider is the same way(hasn't eatin for going on 7 months now)I've offered live, prekilled, and frozen/thawed and nothing, but put a female in his cage and he's all over her. Who knows? They eat when they want to eat. Hang in there, he'll snap out of it.

Jay Cassidy

Caveman Reptiles

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