Amber's back on feed in a wierd way........

Amber, my 990gram female yealing has been off feed since before Halloween. Tonight I brough home a fuzzy for the dragon and a small mouse for the young boa. I saw Amber's head peeking out of her hide like she used to do when she was hungry. So I figured I might as well just wave a the mouse in front of her to see if anything happens. She nailed it. I made a dumb "YES!" noise. I gave the dragon some crickets and let the boa deal with a smaller meal this week with the fuzzy. So after putting the mouse down in no time at all, I figured I'd see if she wanted one of the many frozen rats now in my freezer as a result of failed attempts at getting her to eat over the last 2 months. I threw a f/t small rat next to her hide, and she went right up to it and took it down.

So lets see......live small mouse and f/t rat. Pretty out of character for a BP. But o well. She's eating again. Just thought I'd share......

congrats on that!

Excellent! :w00t:

Kitty had his first meal in a little over 5 weeks saturday night. One medium f/t rat. I had to do the small dark box trick and leave him for a few hours but he ate. Is there anything we should watch for when our babies start to eat again? Any new worries or stressers that we should watch for from the seeming shock to thier system from not eating for so long?

The muscles of the digestive system have an elastic like quality that causes them to contract over long periods of non-use. The sudden stretching of a large meal could cause damage resulting in discomfort (which could lead to fasting) or even regurgitation. After long periods without food, it is generally recommended that only smaller sized meals are offered until a regular feeding routine is re-established.

-adam

Good show elevate!