The strike comes (hopefully) to an end!

[jmcrook]

My 8 year pastel male BP, Geoffrey, took a small rat just now for the first time in just shy of 6 months! I'm sure the expression on my face was priceless haha. Could barely even believe it when he struck and coiled. Took him a minute to show interest but never really backed away so I persisted with the rat zombie dance and he took it. Such a relief even though he's done this every year for the last three. Time to put some weight back on this critter until his next hunger strike around October or November.



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[Zincubus]

That's excellent .... One of my Royals went 9 months when I was first starting out but she didn't lose any weight so it was never a concern ..


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[jmcrook]

As of last night he's taken two meals in as many weeks! Such a good feeling after half a year of refusing food


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[cletus]

Congrats! I haven't had an extended hunger strike like that yet. Only a couple weeks here and there. I don't know how guys do it!