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2 months and down 100g
My male firebee has only eaten 1 live mouse with me since I got him 2 months ago. He has dropped from 780 to 680g and his spine is prominent. He is in a 15 qt tub (moved from a 32qt) with a 90 hotspot gradient to a 80 coolside. Humidity is 60%. When presented a frozen thawed rat, he tries to run away. He currently has one spending the night with him.
Is it a problem how much weight he has lossed? I have a booklet of all of his feedings since 70g. He was fed both live and frozen thawed and seemed like a really good eater (got to 800g in 8 months). When I got him he had only been fed live for the few months before. Should I try feeding live?
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0.1 queenbee
0.2 pastel
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Re: 2 months and down 100g
You may have to try live, and make sure its a bit smaller than what he is used to. Are you sure the f/t rat isn't too large, this may cause the snake to feel intimidated by it.
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Re: 2 months and down 100g
 Originally Posted by Jon14
You may have to try live, and make sure its a bit smaller than what he is used to. Are you sure the f/t rat isn't too large, this may cause the snake to feel intimidated by it.
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It was a 50ish gram rat. Shouldnt be too big.
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0.2 pastel
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What was he eating with the original owner?
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Re: 2 months and down 100g
Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl
What was he eating with the original owner?
This is a good question, if he was only eating live It'll be very hard to switch him over.
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Re: 2 months and down 100g
Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl
What was he eating with the original owner?
According to the booklet he was eatting a mix of f/t and live at first. The last 3 months or so was purely live medium rats.
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0.1 queenbee
0.2 pastel
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Re: 2 months and down 100g
Originally Posted by Cthulhu2015
The last 3 months or so was purely live medium rats.
A male under 1000g gram shouldn't be on mediums. A small every two weeks is enough most of the time.
He could still be full from over feeding.
Last edited by PitOnTheProwl; 05-06-2016 at 09:01 AM.
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Re: 2 months and down 100g
Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl
A male under 1000g gram shouldn't be on mediums. A small every two weeks is enough most of the time.
He could still be full from over feeding.
That's was my original thought, but I was hoping he was going to start eatting now that his spine is starting to show.
I'm going to pick up a live rat pup tonight
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0.1 queenbee
0.2 pastel
0.1 pinstripe
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Maybe a weanling rat. . .one of mine feels a bit intimidated by small rats still, and he's about 780g. Or a mouse, though you might not want to introduce mice if you don't have to.
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No interest in the 30g live rat pup. Should I be worried?
Small collection, big dreams.
1.0 firebee
0.1 queenbee
0.2 pastel
0.1 pinstripe
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