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reptilicus81
at Mon Jan 5 23:44:40 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by reptilicus81 ]
My little 180 gram female has gone off feed for the winter too (it's been a whole month already)! It is definetly aggrevating, but I agree with the other posts....get a weight on him and as long as he isn't losing body mass and isn't dehydrated I wouldn't worry about it. My little girl has only lost around 2 grams since I last weighed her a month ago. I have 2 other balls (~2 year old 400-650 gram males)the larger one is eating about a rat a month (normally eats 3-4 a month Prekilled), the other male is newly acquired and a bit on the thin side so he is eating a prekilled rat a week! My boyfriend has a yearling ball who is also reluctant to feed on live or prekilled mice. So as you can see balls often slow down during certain times of the year, and we need to remain strong and resist the urge to try and thaw out endless frozen rodents a week hoping one will prove satisfactory lol!
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*Amy*
0.0.3 Ball Pythons (normal)
0.1 B.smithi (mexican redknee tarantula)
0.0.1 midland painted turtle
1.1 dogs
1.0 normal grey cockatiel
0.0.30 betta, guppies, rosy reds, fantail goldfish, clown pleco,...
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RE: Ball Python not eating - reptilicus81, Mon Jan 5 23:44:40 2004