Dangit!

[BallKingdom]

Monty is fasting again. I thought I'd give him time to rest after eating his last meal, but it seems he is fasting. Now, I know it's common especially for males to go fasting during breeding season. He is a year and a half old, does it have to be this soon??? It's really stressing, I hoped I'd never experience it.

Having never bred I'm not too in the know on this subject. When does breeding season come to a close for males? I can't wait till he eats. Until then I'm following the info I put out to the world. I'm gonna buy a gerbil, even though he is cb, and I'll feed it to him hopefully. I'm also gonna be feeding him at night from now on. I want him to break this. Maybe his new cage will help.

[Marla]

Good luck, John, I know it's frustrating. I always feed mine at night because I figure it ups the chances of their eating for me, so maybe your strategies when combined will do the trick.

[JLC]

Don't ya just hate it when the kids grow up? Are we ever ready??? :wink:

I'm going through that now with my gopher. I'm agonizing over whether to try live pinks and/or fuzzies because I'm afraid he won't go back to frozen. If I had a bp, I'd be afraid to try a gerbil for the same reason. But...I do know I'd rather have him eating live than starving!

[BallKingdom]

Yeah, I do hate it. But what the heck. Maybe Goldy would like a gerbil too, she's fasting for a bit too. If nobody wants the gerbil I'll just breed a few and then feed them all. I did that once with mice. Monty was so full after downing a family.