psycho feeding female?????

i'm looking for an idea as to whats going on here. i have a 1400 gram normal female that acts like she's starving to death. she would eat everyday if i let her. as soon as you start to open her door she will stand up and come for your fingers and strike, even right after she finished swallowing. she took 3 rats one right after the other about 2 weeks into this behavior. i just wanted to see if she was really that hungry or if she was developing some cage aggression. (i feed asf's).

she just started this about 6 weeks ago. after a few mins of her door being open and she doesn't get fed she's as tame as she ever was. i'm hoping for some advice on what to do. i feed her every 5 days, should i stay on this or should i kick it up a notch. is she trying to tell me something, or is she just a pig that needs to be regulated?

Sounds to me like you've just got a female with an awesome feeding response. Sometimes individuals will have super strong feeding responses, like my little guy. If she isn't losing weight and is just a pig, there's nothing to worry about, but if she's acting hungry all the time and starts to lose some weight, it could be a sign of internal parasites, so just keep an eye on her weight for a while.

she looks good, nice and round and putting weight on.

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Originally Posted by achilles_crutch

she looks good, nice and round and putting weight on.

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Then you more than likely just have a female with an awesome feeding response! Congrats

It's that time of year. Her hormones are telling her to eat anything that moves in order to have the resources needed for breeding and laying eggs.