All four of my kunishir island rat snakes ate--it usually doesn't happen all on the same night. However, it was rather peculiar. My 0.2 '03 refused both fuzzy mice and pink rats again for the third time in as many weeks. However, as I was putting one back into her enclosure, she snagged a pink mouse from a dish on top of the enclosure next to hers. She devoured six of them before indicating that she was full.
As an experiment, I put pinks, fuzzies and pink rats on a dish for her sister. Once again the larger items were ignored, and this one ate 5 pink mice. My 1.1 '04 babies, on the other hand, immediately grabbed fuzzy mice as their meals of choice. They rarely, if ever, refuse a meal of any size. Go figure!
They all shed recently, and it's awesome to watch them become more and more turquoise. I look forward to them being full-grown, yet am enjoying them immensely as they mature. All seem to prefer hanging from my hand/wrist, and eating their meals in mid-air--something no other animal in my collection does. They are alert and personable with great temperaments.
Thank you to Thomas Harrison and Rick Cunningham for offering such incredible animals! I'll post some pics when I get the chance.
regards,
althea
