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? on how to get my girls to go back on a feeding schedule
Well all of my ball pythons have been off fed completely since Dec. I have one normal female who went from 1300 gr down to 1100 gr over the course of this fast, two pastel females right at 1100 at the start of the fast down to 1100&900 gr, A male cinni who use to be my garbage disposal who has dropped from 2200 to 2000, & finally a 1900 gr orange ghost who has dropped from 2000 down to 1800 gr.
All of them are in a 5 shelf rack with 41 qt sterilite tubs. hot spot is 89-91*F and the cool side is 78-82*F.
I had all of the feeding on f\t rats minus my f/t mouser sisters(pastels)
I have tried everything from mice to rats to ASF's all live and f/t over this time frame( Dec.-today)
So what are your thought son what I can do to get them back on food. As a side note I have 6 other balls in a 28 qt rack, 6 high, who all feed great. 600 gr chocolate (m), (F) Bee @ 500 gr, (F) Albino[satin] @ 500 gr, (F) black back granite @ 290 gr, (M) yellow belly @ 250 gr, &and a(M) Pastel @ 250 gr. Same temp grade 90ish- 80ish. The three sm ones have hides, no one else does.
So what can be done, if anything?
Thanks in advance,
David
0.2 pastel Jewel & Buttercup
0.1 albino Electra
0.1 yellow belly? Camille
0.1 black-back granite Dulche'
0.1 bumblebee Sugar Cookie
1.0 orange ghost Smokey Robinson
1.0 cinnamon Big red
1.0 chocolate count chochula
1.0 yellow belly Jean Pierre'
1.0 pastel specter? Crush
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You may just have to be patient. It is that time of year...the younger/smaller ones are probably still eating just because they are younger.
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Re: ? on how to get my girls to go back on a feeding schedule
it's the "breeding season" so you might have fasting because of that. Also, most of your non-eaters were in the 800-1200 range. When they get that big, they usually hit "the wall" and will go on a long fast. Just keep offering weekly and one week, they will surprise you.
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thank you to both of you. I pretty much figured this much, but i was hoping someone had a magic potion or something to help get them back on track . I will continue to hang in there and hope for the best.I just want to get my females up to breeding weight, Like most of us do .
Thanks again,
David
0.2 pastel Jewel & Buttercup
0.1 albino Electra
0.1 yellow belly? Camille
0.1 black-back granite Dulche'
0.1 bumblebee Sugar Cookie
1.0 orange ghost Smokey Robinson
1.0 cinnamon Big red
1.0 chocolate count chochula
1.0 yellow belly Jean Pierre'
1.0 pastel specter? Crush
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