I feel like such a villan!

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Originally Posted by highqualityballz

Not true. They're opportunists which means they will eat whenever they get the chance

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Absolutely true, generally. Their environment drastically effects their food intake more than anything else, and you can certainly over-feed them, but they'll upchuck just as fast as they take it if they decide against it.

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Originally Posted by WolfeManRob

Absolutely true, generally. Their environment drastically effects their food intake more than anything else, and you can certainly over-feed them, but they'll upchuck just as fast as they take it if they decide against it.

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I appreciate the suggestion but he gets apropriately sized meals once a week. I'd rather not risk him wanting to upchuck in the first place because that would mean a vet trip for him regardless of the reason. He just knows the sound means food because I follow the same routine. Every day I wake up at 2pm, change his water, take care of the crickets for the leopard gecko, change the gecko's water and either settle down in the living room to craft, game or watch a movie which he usually pokes his head out of his hide to watch with me and then come 6pm on every Wednesday, I take his rat out of the freezer, let it thaw until 7:55pm just to be completely sure then heat it up with the hair dryer. He's usually out of his hide and halfway up the tank by the time I get it to him. When I weighed him last week he was 339g and he's on weaned rats now. :) Besides he likes to give me puppy eyes for more food after he eats his rat lol.

If he's 339g you may want to consider giving him a small. When mine hit 300 I start upping them to the next size. Not saying you're wrong just I'm a believer in the 10-15% body weight rule of thumb on determining meal size.

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Every day I wake up at 2pm, change his water, take care of the crickets for the leopard gecko, change the gecko's water and either settle down in the living room to craft, game or watch a movie

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WTB ^ this daily routine

Definitely funny, but I'm a little surprised he reacted to the food processor. I would have thought his reaction to the hair dryer was more from it moving the scent of the rat through the room. I thaw and heat my rats in hot water, and all it takes is setting the bucket in the snake room and 10 minutes later everyone wants to say hello. Same thing if I set the cage of live feeders in there. Great for some as they get ready to eat and it saves me time, slightly annoying for others since they are literally coming out swinging as soon as I open their drawer, and it can be interesting to get them the rat and get them back in without getting bit. I'll take those issues any day over having a refusal instead though, lol.

We use a hairdryer for heating up rats as well, and one of the boys will frequently come out of his hide and get excited when I'm vacuuming. I guess it sounds similar enough to him :rolleyes: