Hi everyone,

I posted recently about my baby blood not feeding. I got lots of great advice and I learned a lot from all the prior posts about this issue. Well she's finally eating now. I had to break down and offer her live food. As soon as she saw a live mouse she nailed it and chowed down. I guess I'll get a few more meals in her and then think about getting her switched over to FT. I guess I've learned that baby bloods can be a little unforgiving about perfect conditions and eating exactly what they want.

For anyone's future reference here's exactly what I did to get her feeding.

1. Swithed her to a smaller tub with about 40 square inches floor space.

2. Switched to a smaller water bowel.

3. Removed the hide and replaced it with a two-inch layer of moist sphagnum moss.

4. Got the temps EXACTLY right with a warm in of 86 degrees and a cool end of about 78-79 degrees.

5. Fed a live mouse. Success.

I'll try another one in four or five days. Looks like maybe she's back on track now. I'm looking forward to seeing her fatten up a little now.

Thanks everyone. All the expert advice really helped.

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