I tried feeding my blood a hopper and she struck at it 3 times then just gave up and lost interest. What do you think the problem is?
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Zac
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blood feeding problem
reptidude324
Nov 04, 2005 05:51 PM
Replies (9)
Matt J
Nov 04, 2005 07:06 PM
>>I tried feeding my blood a hopper and she struck at it 3 times then just gave up and lost interest. What do you think the problem is?
Is the Blood a CBB domestic or CH imported baby? If it's a CH import, then you best get it to a vet for fecal work. If it's a CBB then it's probably stressed out for some reason (not sure why without more info). When was the last time it ate? WHO did you get it from? (this is a critical question).
Matt
reptidude324
Nov 04, 2005 07:24 PM
She is cb, i got her from rays reptilia and the last time she ate was last friday but ray had he then I got her on wednesday. Heres a pic of the cage
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Zac
jordanm
Nov 04, 2005 10:56 PM
no post
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior
hhmoore
Nov 04, 2005 11:18 PM
I was going to post the same thing earlier (would have been late for work if I had, lol).
You just got her. let her settle & destress. don't handle her except as necessary for cleaning. make sure she has fresh water and that the mulch stays damp (NOT wet). sometimes it can take as long as a few weeks for them to resume feeding after being shipped
maestrOwen
Nov 05, 2005 10:12 AM
I'm digging the Apple sticker.
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Owen, who loves his snakes a lot.
reptidude324
Nov 05, 2005 12:08 PM
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Zac
hackbone
Nov 05, 2005 04:59 PM
I think you are feeding that blood to small of prey items i feed the two babys i got right now adult mice it might not be big enough to attract its attention and it my look at it as a nusiance and not a meal but thats just my humble opinion
shaun t
1.1.1 sumatran blood
0.2 maly blood
1.0 banka blood
reptidude324
Nov 05, 2005 08:05 PM
I tried to feed her a hopper because she was kinda skinny and i didnt want her to throw it up.
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Zac
googo151
Nov 06, 2005 12:42 AM
Hey,
Sometimes new blood babies and short-tails won't take mice for the first food. Often times they will take, however, small rat crawlers or fuzzies. It's been my experience and others too that they will take the rat over the mouse as a first meal. Also, once eating rat crawlers of fuzzies for about a month and even less, they will easily make the switch over to mice. It's been my rat versus mouse experience.
- Angel
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