So in the beginning, my girl would stike at mice no problem. It was amusing to watch, she ate regularly, and a good time was had by all.
Then she went off feed for a few weeks. I got nervous after her weight started dropping and decided to go out and pick up some smaller mice in hopes she'd at least eat those. I first left the mouse(F/T) out in the open, but she wouldn't eat. I eventually got her to eat small mice(under 10g) by leaving them in her hide while she's in there.
The problem is that she won't eat even the medium mice, let alone the adult mice she was eating before going off feed(~40g).
She currently weighs 450g, so those small mice are way to small for her. I got her to eat two of them the other night, but any time I offer a medium to try to step her up, she refuses.
Temp is 90-94 on the warm side, 80-84 on the cool side. Humidity around 55, UTH with a red night bulb that doesn't thow off much heat, just light. Tank is a 20L.
Any thoughts on why the refusal to eat larger mice? From everything I've read, a ~20g mouse is hardly pushing the limits on too big for her.
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