Made Gwny some smaller hides out of the plastic bowls you can get at walmart in the paper plate section. I think its like 28 for 2 and some change, so really cheap hatching hides. I decided to use one for Orochimaru too, but I stacked three so they would be sturdy enough to support his weight.
I fed Gwny a rat pinkie today. I know its pretty early to try a feeding, but my gut was telling me that she was hungry. Plus she doesn't seem phased at all by her move. She still won't go in the hides, prefers to wrap around them or curl up under leaves. She hasn't done any frantic cruising, really doesn't move much at all. When I got home from work she was in the same exact spot, pretty sure she had been sleeping the entire time. I felt like she didn't have enough energy, and looks a bit thin to me. I've also noticed that the feel of her body is way different than Orochimaru's. She's soft and squishy where he feels more firm and muscled. I read that a lot of that has to do with how tense the snake is. Guess Gwny is just super duper mellow. I was right, she snatched the pinkie up. She got very close to it before striking, and still grabbed the body instead of the neck. I felt really bad because this messed up her coil and she wasn't strangling the pinkie. She readjusted probably three times, but the pup still wouldn't die. She ended up actually uncoiling, grabbing the pinkie by the throat and kind of moving her head around like she was trying to break its neck or crush its lungs, but it did work. Want to get her switched to f/t asap since she has such a hard time killing just a pinkie.
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