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  • 04-29-2005, 11:57 AM
    gozetec02
    Darn this girl.
    Well my Andromeda has not eaten in a few weeks. I have been attempting to feed her small live rats (don't even start). She doesn't take it within 10 minutes so I take it out and try again late at night after the lights in the living room have been off for a few hours. I throw the rat in and still nothing. So I give the rat to Freckles and he takes it like the "pig" he is.

    The only thing I could think of that could be causing this is my humidity. The temps are perfect 88-90 Degree ambient on the warm side and around 80-83 on the cool side the cooler temps happening at night. Now my humidity on the other hand is uber low sometimes dipping into the teens I spray down the bedding and it seems to help for about a day and then the humidity drops again.

    And I think this is the problem.
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...k/HPIM0644.jpg
    Notice the pegboard. Any suggestions. I know this should maybe go in the caging forum but i dunno.


    So getting back to my original question. Should I try to feed her mice? Oh and she will not take thawed or fresh killed. She is a live only girl. I also noticed she has lost like 150 grams but she just pooped which looked normal.
  • 04-29-2005, 12:12 PM
    Adam_Wysocki
    Re: Darn this girl.
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by gozetec02
    The temps are perfect 88-90 Degree ambient on the warm side and around 80-83 on the cool side the cooler temps happening at night.

    I'm not exactly sure what this means, but those temps are far from perfect.

    92-94 on the hot side, 82 - 84 on the cool side - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

    If she was eating rats, don't switch her to mice .... she will eat rats again once you correct your husbandry.

    -adam
  • 04-29-2005, 12:18 PM
    gozetec02
    Re: Darn this girl.
    Those were air temps. Are those a bit low? I checked my web cam and the basking temp is right at 95. Is this ok. Should I do anything about the humidity? She always sheds in one complete piece or maybe my digital hygrometers are a bit old.
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