Well that was annoying...
No clue if I did this right...
Warmed and thawed up two weaned rats for Skade. She was switched back to mice a few months back in foster care.
She was hunting, and would smell them, but no strike or anything.
I zombied danced for an hour. I warmed it more. I zombied more. Put her hide in her feed box, she curled into it, zombie danced in front of hide and she struck and coiled. I'm waiting to check on the swallow progress, as she is one that will push it back out if she's seen eating.
Is there anything I could have done better?
Re: Well that was annoying...
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Faerie
No clue if I did this right...
Warmed and thawed up two weaned rats for Skade. She was switched back to mice a few months back in foster care.
She was hunting, and would smell them, but no strike or anything.
I zombied danced for an hour. I warmed it more. I zombied more. Put her hide in her feed box, she curled into it, zombie danced in front of hide and she struck and coiled. I'm waiting to check on the swallow progress, as she is one that will push it back out if she's seen eating.
Is there anything I could have done better?
So you feed her out of her actual tub or tank?
You do not have to do this. Cage aggression is a myth and moving them on feeding day is asking to get bit. Not only that it stresses them out. Leave her in her actual tub/tank next time.
Re: Well that was annoying...
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reptiliachnids
So you feed her out of her actual tub or tank?
You do not have to do this. Cage aggression is a myth and moving them on feeding day is asking to get bit. Not only that it stresses them out. Leave her in her actual tub/tank next time.
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I do this because it has been done for her since she was first rescued from Petco. She goes into the tub and I instantly know if she's hungry. The only time she all out hasn't eaten...she went into the tub, and didn't react.
This time, as with others, she hits the tub and is instant hunter. I was more so thinking that it was the back to rat thing? smell different? IDK
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EAC Reptiles
You can always try just placing the warmed rodent in the tank and let it sit there overnight. I had a few of my snakes eat that way, I would just lay it in front of their hide and let them be. When I check on them the next morn they are usually gone.
I tried this for a bit in the tote she eats in, left the one in there while I warmed the other up more. When I did this when I had the foster (he scared me and I dropped it) he wouldn't let me near the darned thing to reheat it. She on the other hand, climbed all over it and didn't appear to notice.
