Re: First BP just arrived Kingpin
Healthy looking Kingpin! Congrats. :)
Re: First BP just arrived Kingpin
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kmanpwnudwn
Wow, she wasted no time at all going for her meal. My Kingpin will stare her food down while I do the zombie rat dance for a solid minute before finally taking her strike.
I've had my Kingpin, June, for about a month now. Offered 3 times and the little girl still hasn't eaten yet :(
Hopefully she'll grow into a nice, healthy, and friendly girl like yours.
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Dramatron
I've had my Kingpin, June, for about a month now. Offered 3 times and the little girl still hasn't eaten yet :(
Hopefully she'll grow into a nice, healthy, and friendly girl like yours.
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I saw your thread on that, looks like you're doing everything mostly the same as me. Sounds like a case of your BP not feeling secure so she's too stressed to eat. Hence why she strikes to make it go away but won't hit to eat. You could try feeding with the room dark just a red light so you can see. Possibly play the zombie rat game slowly introducing it from the far side and seeing if she'll come out to try and get it. Try different colors. Maybe brain the feeder. Are you using the same feeder the breeder was?
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Foxton
I saw your thread on that, looks like you're doing everything mostly the same as me. Sounds like a case of your BP not feeling secure so she's too stressed to eat. Hence why she strikes to make it go away but won't hit to eat. You could try feeding with the room dark just a red light so you can see. Possibly play the zombie rat game slowly introducing it from the far side and seeing if she'll come out to try and get it. Try different colors. Maybe brain the feeder. Are you using the same feeder the breeder was?
This last attempt was the most interested she's been so far. She didn't strike at all, but she did come out of her hide and went up to the rat. I did the zombie rat dance and she was entranced and in a striking position but didn't pursue it. After a while she just got bored/threatened by the dancing rat and retreated back into her enclosure.
I spoke with the breeder a couple weeks ago and he was feeding her rat pups, same as me, but he didn't specify if they were live or not.
She may have been spooked by me hovering over the enclosure so a dark room may help (although I assume she can still smell me).
I'll try other methods, but I think she's just hesitant in general because of the situation. Every time I've brought the rat out in the room she sticks her head out of the hide very curiously, in a way that looks like she's familiar with the smell.
I think I may just wait until she's hungry enough to take it, then I assume she'll realize these zombie rats have been meals all along.
Thanks for the reply bud
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Re: First BP just arrived Kingpin
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Dramatron
Thought I'd throw in a pic of my little girl
She's very pretty, I hope she starts eating for you, and you may not want to handle her until she does even for a quick photoshoot.
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Foxton
She's very pretty, I hope she starts eating for you, and you may not want to handle her until she does even for a quick photoshoot.
Thanks, and I've stopped handling her, this was from a couple weeks ago.
Re: First BP just arrived Kingpin
Relax, you'll get your rats. (Trying to get rid of all the pups before I order up a size)
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...ps001ou4eh.jpg
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/...psyukij2bh.jpg
Video from the second one, held the rat in the same spot for the first one, her hide was off kilter because she came flying out like a maniac.
https://youtu.be/VdLWkbkgZMc
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