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RE: odd situation with my Dumeril

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Posted by: pathigdon at Sun Dec 28 20:55:25 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pathigdon ]  
   

Don't sweat it. Alot of folks I know are having feeding issues with their snakes right now. Because of the constant fluctuations in barometric pressure that comes with winter weather patterns (in Oklahoma, it is spring/summer the first half of the week and frigidly cold the second half). Even though we try our best to control temps and humidity within a "captive environment", what we can't change is barometric pressure of the surrounding environment. Reptiles feel it and adjust to it.

As far as shedding, just because a snake isn't eating, doesn't mean it isn't growing. I have a '05 female Dum that went off feed for a full year and still managed to put on 10 inches in length. My 9ft female Dum hadn't eaten in the last 2 months and she shed 4 times, twice this last week and then she ate for me yesterday.

Just be patient, the snake should be fine.
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2.5 dumerils boas, 1.1 albino burmese python, 0.2 bearded dragons, 1.0 german giant bearded dragon & 0.0.1 sulcata tortoise


   

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