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starting to get worried

bdking15 Nov 24, 2004 10:54 AM

i bough a albino het o3 from jhohnpiroreptiles.com at the pa show. it is a 24 inch snake in a 40 br. with a basking site of about 98.6 and a cold side of about 78. i been tryine to get her to eat a fuzzie but she wolnt. a frozen one. im gunna try to get her to eat a live one on sat or fri. but is there anywhat to getn hewr to eat just frozen mice n rats

thanks i changed her name now it is "angle"

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neilgolli Nov 24, 2004 11:08 AM

You have a temp gradient, but try to lower that hot spot to 95 at the most.... I keep my hotest spot around 92.

Try as many things as possible as far as food items. I litteraly just got a 1850gram wc female to eat her first meal in 6 months. Not a medium rat, a small rat, a gerbil, or even a chick, she just ate a frozen hopper mouse left over after feeding the babies. Thought why not try it, tried everything else and it took her two seconds to grab and swollow it. All other food items have been tried live and frozen even with different substrate on the rats (aspen and pine). I'm about to toss a rat in to see if I get lucky now..

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