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    hey guys about an hr ago i gave rocky a medium f/t rat and the rat is still in side the tank. i dont kno if he's still full from last week or he's just not eating. i gave him the same size rat last week and multiple weeks before this week and he has eatn them without any problem so0o i have no idea whats goin on. will he not eat because its getting colder ? i dont kno what to think

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    Re: not eating

    make really sure that the temps stay in the right ranges 24/7
    90-94 hot / 80-84 cool and is he due for a shed?


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    Re: not eating

    nope he shed like 2 motnhs ago even during a shed he eats

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    Re: not eating

    good new i left the rat inside of the cage and went to the mall 4 like a couple hrs with my cuz and when i came home the was no more rat. how come it took him a lot longer to eat the rat his week that it did last week? was it because he was still full from last weeks rat?

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    Re: not eating

    need to be careful about leaving rodents in the cage unsupervised. rats especially can be agressive. they will attack and sometimes even kill the snake. it could be a number of things that led the snake to not eat immediately but i dont suggest leaving the rat in the cage when you arent there to watch. next time, just pull the rat out and try again a bit later.

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    Re: not eating

    Sil-40 you might note that he mentions in his first post that the rat was f/t (frozen thawed), so not a live rat left unattended.

    Maybe he just needed a bit more privacy or quiet Greg before he felt ready to eat. Hard to say really as they are such unique creatures and will surprise you at every turn.


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    Re: not eating

    i hope that's the case that all he needed was usm privacy he's gettin 2 b so0o0 big pretty soon im gunna have to switch him from my 40 gallon breeder 2 a 75 gallon tank

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