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2 months and down 100g

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  • 05-06-2016, 12:10 AM
    Cthulhu2015
    2 months and down 100g
    My male firebee has only eaten 1 live mouse with me since I got him 2 months ago. He has dropped from 780 to 680g and his spine is prominent. He is in a 15 qt tub (moved from a 32qt) with a 90 hotspot gradient to a 80 coolside. Humidity is 60%. When presented a frozen thawed rat, he tries to run away. He currently has one spending the night with him.

    Is it a problem how much weight he has lossed? I have a booklet of all of his feedings since 70g. He was fed both live and frozen thawed and seemed like a really good eater (got to 800g in 8 months). When I got him he had only been fed live for the few months before. Should I try feeding live?
  • 05-06-2016, 12:28 AM
    Jon14
    Re: 2 months and down 100g
    You may have to try live, and make sure its a bit smaller than what he is used to. Are you sure the f/t rat isn't too large, this may cause the snake to feel intimidated by it.

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  • 05-06-2016, 12:37 AM
    Cthulhu2015
    Re: 2 months and down 100g
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Jon14 View Post
    You may have to try live, and make sure its a bit smaller than what he is used to. Are you sure the f/t rat isn't too large, this may cause the snake to feel intimidated by it.

    Sent from my SM-G900R6 using Tapatalk

    It was a 50ish gram rat. Shouldnt be too big.
  • 05-06-2016, 06:19 AM
    PitOnTheProwl
    What was he eating with the original owner?
  • 05-06-2016, 08:03 AM
    auraria
    Re: 2 months and down 100g
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl View Post
    What was he eating with the original owner?

    This is a good question, if he was only eating live It'll be very hard to switch him over.
  • 05-06-2016, 08:40 AM
    Cthulhu2015
    Re: 2 months and down 100g
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl View Post
    What was he eating with the original owner?

    According to the booklet he was eatting a mix of f/t and live at first. The last 3 months or so was purely live medium rats.
  • 05-06-2016, 09:01 AM
    PitOnTheProwl
    Re: 2 months and down 100g
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Cthulhu2015 View Post
    The last 3 months or so was purely live medium rats.

    A male under 1000g gram shouldn't be on mediums. A small every two weeks is enough most of the time.
    He could still be full from over feeding.
  • 05-06-2016, 09:39 AM
    Cthulhu2015
    Re: 2 months and down 100g
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl View Post
    A male under 1000g gram shouldn't be on mediums. A small every two weeks is enough most of the time.
    He could still be full from over feeding.

    That's was my original thought, but I was hoping he was going to start eatting now that his spine is starting to show.

    I'm going to pick up a live rat pup tonight
  • 05-06-2016, 11:23 AM
    Willowy
    Maybe a weanling rat. . .one of mine feels a bit intimidated by small rats still, and he's about 780g. Or a mouse, though you might not want to introduce mice if you don't have to.
  • 05-07-2016, 01:03 AM
    Cthulhu2015
    No interest in the 30g live rat pup. Should I be worried?
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