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In need of encouragement...
*sigh*
So my beautiful little BP, Patches, has gone off food again. I've tried f/t of all ages/colors/genders/tempertures/sizes, and I've even tried live pinks a couple of times. Tips/tricks/hints/encouragement?
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Re: In need of encouragement...
Patience. How long have you had him? Is your husbandry up to par? If everything is good then i suggest to just try feeding him ONCE a week (not everyday that will make it worse) just like normal, until he takes. Thats all you can do. If there is something wrong with his setup then thats a different story.
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Re: In need of encouragement...
I've had her for several months now. My husbandry is fine. Temps are good, humidity is good. I've all but stopped handling her.
I'm not sure where you got the idea that I was trying to feed more than normal. I've been trying on Monday every week.
What I'm looking for is stuff people have done that has worked. Anyone had success with chicken broth?
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Re: In need of encouragement...
Sorry I've never use the soup thing.
Can only suggest from the small amount of info in the posts so far that you stop handling totally to see if it makes any difference?
Have you tried a different prey item alltogether? say chicks or gerbils? Try misting the tank an hour or so before - I had success with that once.
dr del
Derek
7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.
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Re: In need of encouragement...
I've had her for several months now. My husbandry is fine. Temps are good, humidity is good. I've all but stopped handling her.
When you say it is good can you describe your setup to us because in some cases I have seen people who thought everything was fine when there were some issues.
What are your temps and humidity?
What do you use to measure them? (Type of device)
How big is your BP?
How Big is the enclosure?
Can you describe your hides?
Even if the setup as been the same since the beginning overtime it can have cause your BP to go off feed if there are some issues, this is why with an idea of your setup look like we can try to narrow it down.
Has your BP has ever ate with you and if so what were you feeding him?
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Re: In need of encouragement...
Patches has eaten for me many times. She is also a girl. She is one of my three. She's in a Rubermaid under my bed. It's about the size of a 10 gallon, but shorter. I use a UTH and thermostat on the warm side, which is currently 91 degrees. I use another UTH and thermostat on the cool side because the AC is always blasting. The cool side is at 80 right now. I use two big apple herp thermometers (with probes), one on each side. I have a digital humidity gauge that I got at Walmart, which currently reads 62%. She has 4 hides. Two are old butter containers which she barely fits into. One is a petstore "half log" hide. The fourth is a small sandwich tupperware container which has moss in it to make a humid hide.
She (and all my other snakes) have always eaten rats which I breed. I haven't switched out any of my breeders, changed lab blocks, or used different bedding.
Last edited by jrgh17; 05-22-2007 at 09:26 PM.
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Re: In need of encouragement...
I forgot: Patches is 107 grams.
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Re: In need of encouragement...
Hi again,
How big is she? Does she normally eat when she's shedding and is she due for a shed cycle again at the moment? When was her last meal and what size was it?
This is like playing 20 questions.
Did you try the "fake nest" method at any point? And do you routinely pre-scent the room.
Also do you feed in the tub or in a seperate container?
dr del
Derek
7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.
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Registered User
Re: In need of encouragement...
I said she is 107 grams. She eats fine while shedding, and no, she's not due for a shed. She shed about 2 weeks ago.
I have no idea what the fake nest method is.
I do pre-scent the room, mainly because I have a bunch of mice thawing while I feed my other snakes. I feed in her viv.
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Re: In need of encouragement...
Another thing I forgot: Her last meal was 11 weeks ago. She ate a 13 gram rat.
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