Worried about my boy

[rm1888]

Well yesterday i tried to feed monty again, and as usual he refused. I left the f/t mouse in all night with him and when i woke up it was gone! After some searching, i found he'd kind of buried it as if he was lying on it. So thats 5 weeks now without food and i leave to go on holiday tomorrow for 3weeks, my brother is looking after him for me and i will be phoning every feed day to make sure he doesnt forget!

Heres the details any help would be appreciated;

Hot side 92-93
cold side 80-82
humidity ranges from 45- 60%
Hes in a tub that measures 26"x13" and 6" high and hes about 28" long.

I might try a live mouse tomorrow before i go away, good idea?

Heres some pics of his home.

[Freakie_frog]

Lt me pose a question Is he in a hight traffic area of the house?????

[rm1888]

Nope hes in the bedroom which only gets used at night time if i get lucky!

[tigerlily]

Can you give some feeding history on this fellow? Has he eaten for you? How old is he and how long have you had him? When was his last confirmed meal and what did he eat?

[rm1888]

Last feed was 17th feb, before that was 27th jan, both times it was f/t large white mice. I got him around 5th jan 2007 and he was bout 9months old. So hes eaten twice for me but 3weeks apart, i thought he was stressing out so hes been in the tub for 2weeks now and still no joy! Hes not been handled either since going in the tub which has been hard cos the family loved getting him out to play.Very frustrating!

[Royal Tartan]

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I (after drying with kitchen paper roll ) warmed the gerbil up with a hairdryer ....worked for me Bud

[rm1888]

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=44578

I (after drying with kitchen paper roll ) warmed the gerbil up with a hairdryer ....worked for me Bud

You get the gerbil frozen or out a pet shop? Only problem going away tomorrow and my bro's not the best with snakes. Might go to petsmart n try get one cheers.

ps you planning on breeding her cos monty might b horny soon! lol

[Royal Tartan]

I got my local pet shop to order them in frozen ....there's also a place online that can post them out ...never used them ...worried about them thawing...even with an ice pack inc'....

...as for breeding thats deff' on the cards ....once her weight is up....prob next year at earliest ...I'm sourcing some morphs at the moment and setting up a breeding room for the royals I will get just need to get the rite gene pool .....lol

best o' luck w/ the feeding

[rm1888]

I got my local pet shop to order them in frozen ....there's also a place online that can post them out ...never used them ...worried about them thawing...even with an ice pack inc'....

...as for breeding thats deff' on the cards ....once her weight is up....prob next year at earliest ...I'm sourcing some morphs at the moment and setting up a breeding room for the royals I will get just need to get the rite gene pool .....lol

best o' luck w/ the feeding

Cheers, hope your no slagging my wee montys gene pool! Hes a right wee looker! lol I'll try the gerbil i think. Whats your local pet shop?

[Royal Tartan]

lol , no I m no slagging Monty .......meant for the snake room .....visiting ' studs ' as it were ...are diff lol ....my local is ( i think ) not far from you ...Cumbernauld...where I am