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    Question Off feed?

    Okay so if you seen my other threads I have a female I was trying to breed. She was about 1100 grams. She hasn't been breeding for a while now but still won't eat! HELP! I've heard that sometimes around this size they tend to go off feed for a while. Is this true? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    Re: Off feed?

    you say she hasn't been "breeding" for a while..I'ts possiable the off feed could be due to being gravid.
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    Re: Off feed?

    Well if you look at my other threads you can see that she has never ovulated and was too small to breed in the first place. And now she is beginning to lose weight, she is VERY skinny.

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    Re: Off feed?

    Quote Originally Posted by PythonBreeder View Post
    Well if you look at my other threads you can see that she has never ovulated and was too small to breed in the first place. And now she is beginning to lose weight, she is VERY skinny.
    well then my advice is to go old school on her.. try a live mouse next feeding and see if she takes that if she does great if not.. Time for an environment change, you can stuff her tub with crumpled news paper, move her to a smaller tub move her else where in the rack or room, take her for a car ride..Give those a go and keep an eye on her weight.
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    Re: Off feed?

    Quote Originally Posted by Freakie_frog View Post
    well then my advice is to go old school on her.. try a live mouse next feeding and see if she takes that if she does great if not.. Time for an environment change, you can stuff her tub with crumpled news paper, move her to a smaller tub move her else where in the rack or room, take her for a car ride..Give those a go and keep an eye on her weight.
    I've tried live. She still wont eat. But I will surely cramp her cage and try that. Thanks FreakieFrog!

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    Re: Off feed?

    Quote Originally Posted by PythonBreeder View Post
    I've tried live. She still wont eat. But I will surely cramp her cage and try that. Thanks FreakieFrog!
    Keep us up to date..there's loads of things to try.

    Loosely stuff.. But make it pretty full
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    Re: Off feed?

    Quote Originally Posted by Freakie_frog View Post
    Keep us up to date..there's loads of things to try.

    Loosely stuff.. But make it pretty full
    Got ya! We'll just have to cross our fingers for next week's feeding!!!

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