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Problems with my Black Butter
A little over 3 weeks ago I was feeding my Black Butter for the 4th time and he caught some paper towel in the corner of his mouth when he struck the mouse. I took the Hemostats and gently pushed down on the paper towel and it came right out, but he let go of the mouse about a minute after. Ever since then he has shown no interest in eating and i am not sure what to do... He was eating f/t fuzzy mice when it happened but I have also tried live rat pinks and he doesn't even come out of his hide. I finally saw him cruising his tub a couple nights ago so I dropped a live rat pink in and after about 15 minutes he was back in his hide showing no interest again...  
Last edited by Wes; 08-13-2012 at 07:49 AM.
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Sounds like he got spooked and has gone off feed for a bit. Experience tells me he should show interest again, but it might just take a bit. As long as he's still coming out and drinking and there's no obvious "trauma" I wouldn't worry too much. 
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Thanks for the reply. I figured it would just take time for him to calm down. Right now my plan is to clean out his tub and weigh him when I get home. Then leave him alone as much as possible and don't offer food for 14 days (since waiting 7 days between each offering didn't work). Sound good? Anyone have a better idea? I hope he comes around soon.. It wouldn't bother me if he was bigger but he is just so small...
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0.1 Cinny - Spicy
0.1 Pastel Calico - Sage
0.1 Enchi - Willow
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0.1 Pastel Pied - Trinity
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0.1 Spider - Medusa |
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0.1 Lesser Bee - Kaede
0.1 Mystic Fire - Gabi
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1.0 BEL -
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0.2 Normal - |
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1.0 Coastal x Jungle - Java
1.0 Coastal Jaguar Ps Het Albino - Jag
1.0 Albino -
0.1 Zebra -
0.2 Red Coastals -
0.2 Red Coastal Jags -
0.1 Jag Chaos clutch -
0.1 JagSib Chaos clutch -
0.0.1 Tweener -
0.1 unknown Probable Coastal -
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That sounds like a good plan i tried to switch mine from live to f/t a while back and they didnt eat for three weeks afterwards
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