Oh yeah, I didn't realize you were feeding live. Leaving prey overnight would definitely be a no no!!
05-06-2004, 02:52 AM
QuenteK25
No problems with mites? temps?
05-06-2004, 08:58 AM
Ginevive
I have a really tricky feeder, my rescue-case WC adult. The only way I can get him to eat, is leave a very warm f/t rat with him in a rubbermaid overnight, with the heatpad under the rat. I put him in a rmaid that's half the size of his normal cage and by morning the rat is gone. But if I am anywhere nearby, this snake will NOT eat. You don;t know how many times I wanted to force a rat down his ornery little gut! But they will eat on their schedule, not ours.
05-06-2004, 09:55 AM
gozetec02
Maybe at night when you all were asleep they got together and thought of ways to make you worry then make you very happy. They conspired to go on a hunger strike then start eating when you least expect it making you very happy.
Just kidding I hope they come around and I am sure they will. I learned that patience is a virtue with snakes. Ultimately and hopefully hunger gets the best of them and they will eat. My wife worries about our snakes all the time i.e. what are the temps, whats the humidity, how much do they weigh, are the cages clean and disinfected. I like to see her interested but its driving me crazy.
Anyway, sorry for the wordy post and good luck with your guys i know they will come around.
05-06-2004, 03:04 PM
MacWin
Thanks for the suggestions and support guys. Hopefully everything will turn out ok. They haven't started marching around their tanks with little picket signs yet so there is still hope to reaching a new eating contract :lol: