why do you “brain” the food? Does that mean cut it so the brains come out ?!?
06-26-2020, 07:08 PM
Awesomethepossum
Re: White-lipped python
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Originally Posted by Phillydubs
What temps are you at now?
why do you “brain” the food? Does that mean cut it so the brains come out ?!?
I lowered the basking heat as you suggested to 89-90. Temps on hot side are 86 (ambient). The cool side is 82-83 right now, but they decrease over the course of the evening-night into the high-70s.
I figured it was worth a shot, I know I've heard mixed things about it. But basically, I put a small cut on the skull to to see if that extra scent would entice him to eat. Nothing excessive
I don't know how effective it is, maybe it varies by individual/species. I think some use this method for finicky eaters, or when transitioning over to different prey items
It's great that he had a good shed. He looks awesome in the new skin. You can get the little stuck piece off anytime. I'd thaw a feeder out for him today or tomorrow evening and let it sit on top of his enclosure for a while. See if he starts sniffing and moving towards it. Super heat it to about 100F with a hairdryer and serve it hot. Hopefully he's over his hunger strike and ready to eat. It's just a matter of time.
06-26-2020, 09:42 PM
Awesomethepossum
Re: White-lipped python
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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy
It's great that he had a good shed. He looks awesome in the new skin. You can get the little stuck piece off anytime. I'd thaw a feeder out for him today or tomorrow evening and let it sit on top of his enclosure for a while. See if he starts sniffing and moving towards it. Super heat it to about 100F with a hairdryer and serve it hot. Hopefully he's over his hunger strike and ready to eat. It's just a matter of time.
Thawed a rat pup and a chick together in the room. Didn't take long before all of my other snakes were going nuts (my Budgett's frog included, but he's a dump truck). This snake didn't even budge from his hide to take a peek[emoji28]
I used the blow dryer to warm up both feeders and get their scents in the air. Tried offering, didn't seem to illicit a reaction, not even a defensive strike when I poked the feeder around a tad inside the hide. He wasn't having it
I just left the rat pup at the hide entrance and fed the chick off. I guess we'll see [emoji2368]
Took Jekyll out for a little bit this morning, and he was an angel. I rubbed that bit of stuck shed off as well. He's so shiny now!
He has definitely mellowed down tremendously over the course of a month, even despite very irregular handling. He has an inquisitive, calm demeanor now...not frantic and fear-aggressive like it was previously (thank god). While initially he doesn't want to sit still, he calms down quickly and settles himself.
So, Jekyll finally ate last night! I left a small assortment of f/t prey items (a rat pup, a small hamster and a quail chick) in his tub overnight. He tossed the hamster into his water dish and chose the quail [emoji4]
