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My female sonoran gopher, who has been here for a month now and has been a good eater on hopper rats, suddenly began refusing food. Could this be due to the heat wave we are having? Its been in the mid 80s in the house, as we have no air conditioning because WA usually doesn't get this type of weather often.
Nothing else has changed, I even tried putting a bonked mouse in with her and all she did was hiss at it.
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yeah, she's probably too hot. you can lessen her stress by keeping her down on the floor until the heat breaks. it's coolest there. she'll start up again then or may wait till she sheds but that is a common reaction to too warm temps.
>>yeah, she's probably too hot. you can lessen her stress by keeping her down on the floor until the heat breaks. it's coolest there. she'll start up again then or may wait till she sheds but that is a common reaction to too warm temps.
Ok, that's what I figured. Thanks for reassuring me. 2 of my corns are off-feed as well. This heat wave is driving everyone nuts here 
-cat
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I bet as soon as that bugger cools down just a tad, it'll be back to normal.
Sounds like unusual temps may have your girl off her stride. As long as she has good body weight, I wouldn't sweat it too much. I have a 5 year old male northern pine that has always eaten in streaks...............he's 8' 3" and 9 and 1/2 lbs. the last time I checked. Missing a meal every now and then certainly hasn't stunted his growth........lol. Seriously, once most snakes reach adulthood(especially males), they only need to be fed every couple of weeks. That once a week regimen that yields good growth rates in the first couple of years will result in obese adults if continued. Just my opinion.............but lean and lithe adults will live longer in captivity. By the way.............I think those "bird nests" that you use for your climacophora are really cool. Where do you get those things? I wonder if that sucker cup arrangement will hold the weight of a 6 foot plus rat snake..............Steve G.
>>Sounds like unusual temps may have your girl off her stride. As long as she has good body weight, I wouldn't sweat it too much. I have a 5 year old male northern pine that has always eaten in streaks...............he's 8' 3" and 9 and 1/2 lbs. the last time I checked. Missing a meal every now and then certainly hasn't stunted his growth........lol. Seriously, once most snakes reach adulthood(especially males), they only need to be fed every couple of weeks. That once a week regimen that yields good growth rates in the first couple of years will result in obese adults if continued. Just my opinion.............but lean and lithe adults will live longer in captivity. By the way.............I think those "bird nests" that you use for your climacophora are really cool. Where do you get those things? I wonder if that sucker cup arrangement will hold the weight of a 6 foot plus rat snake..............Steve G.
I picked up the bird nests at the local petstore. Got the idea from another forum. Both the male and my young female LOVE them and hardly leave them!
-cat
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