Breeding Male not eating regular sized meals!

Has anybody else had this problem? How do you break your male of this problem? My breeding male has taken on this problem now. Idk y but my breeding Spider male is now not accepting his normal sized meals of a medium sized rat and will only consume a mouse. That so far is the only thing I can get him to eat. I was like really?!? Since I have been breeding my male he has been eating with no problems and now he has stopped. oh but he will eat a mouse, why is that?

Can somebody please tell me why?

Your breeding males are eating? Good for you.

(Really, that's the answer, lol. Breeding males often don't eat at all until spring. Many males stop feeding in November, and don't start again until March or April).

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Your breeding males are eating? Good for you.

(Really, that's the answer, lol. Breeding males often don't eat at all until spring. Many males stop feeding in November, and don't start again until March or April).

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This. My albino won't touch food during the winter.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Your breeding males are eating? Good for you.

(Really, that's the answer, lol. Breeding males often don't eat at all until spring. Many males stop feeding in November, and don't start again until March or April).

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I know they quit, but I just think its kinda silly a 1000 gram male eating mice. Guess its better than nothing.

Do you have any breeding males right now?

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Originally Posted by Dabonus

This. My albino won't touch food during the winter.

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Have you tried a mouse :D

I'd be jumping up and down he's eating anything !

Most of my boys go small meals during breeding season, but just to show how contrary they are my confirmed mouse eating pied male switched to rats now that he's a man.:rolleyes:

Gale

Yep, I have 5 males breeding this year, and 3 not breeding, and not a single one of them has touched food in over a month, lol.
I usually offer smaller than normal prey during the breeding season. The males like smaller prey if they decide to eat anything, because they can digest it more quickly, it doesn't take a lot of metabolic effort to digest, and it doesn't weigh them down. They're ready to cruise and find more girls.

I have 3 males up to breeding size. 1 of them is breeding this year. 1 was a very underweight rescue. The one that's breeding hasn't eaten in almost 2 months. The rescue has taken 2 meals from me and the other one will ONLY touch live rats. So yes, be excited that your male is eating at all with any regularity.

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Originally Posted by angllady2

I'd be jumping up and down he's eating anything !

Most of my boys go small meals during breeding season, but just to show how contrary they are my confirmed mouse eating pied male switched to rats now that he's a man.:rolleyes:

Gale

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My male IS a rat eater thats the thing, and for a solid month of breeding he was eating. Then poof he wasn't! I still had him as my main breeder between 2 females so I know keeping him with some sort of energy if you will needs to be there. I did fatten him plenty before breeding season don't get me wrong, but my now he is def. showing signs of wear. Idk what made me throw him a mouse, but he took it and now he's eating again, yay!!!

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Originally Posted by Scaleyz

I know they quit, but I just think its kinda silly a 1000 gram male eating mice. Guess its better than nothing.

Do you have any breeding males right now?

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I have females around 4000 grams that will eat nothing but mice ( good thing I breed my own rodents ) and they do just fine.

also my male clown breed 6 females and all had clutches and never missed a meal. also a mouse eater.

you better be careful, it might be hard getting him to switch back to rats after breeding if he gets use to eating mice.