I got this female pastel last weekend at repticon in Costa mesa. I weighed her and she is tiny and looked thin at 61gs. I stressed all week but just left her alone in her enclosure hoping that letting her get fully settled before trying to feed would be a good idea.
Well I fed my growing tribe today and everybody ate enthusiastically even the albino stuck in shed.
This girl didn't eat!!! I offered her a rat crawler and she just looked freaked out. She struck at it twice but either missed, or was trying to scare off the rat crawler. I'll never know.
But I just left the crawler in there and just now after sundown I checked on her and she had wrapped the crawler and started eating it. Man I'm super relieved.
Long post, I know, but I'm just super stoked all 7 snakes are eating and no foreseeable problems with feeding until I try to get everyone on f/t.
So here's the little female pastel
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