Rescue

Just got a new normal. She's about 5' and 1500 grams. She's very skinny.

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Pics or it didn't happen. ;)

And where did you get her from?

Got her for free off cl she's 9 years old

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Holy crap she is super skinny!!! Fatten that girl up and show her what love is!!!!


0.3 Normals (Coilette, Athena and Mary Jane)
1.1 Het Genetic Stripe (Bonnie and Clyde)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
1.0 Spider (Zeus)
1.0 Mojave (Prometheus)

0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)

That poor lovie :tears: I hope she thrives for you

What's the best way to fatten her up without doing more harm to her?

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Slow and steady. Offer her a small meal once every 7-10 days, and leave her alone as much as you can. Small rat should be small enough, but might want to wait until our rescue savvy members chime in.

Don't rush it though, if you try and get her to eat too much too fast she might regurge.

She's been eating 1-2 mice once a week. I can give her a 150 gram rat but I don't want to hurt her.

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As far as feeding goes, I would wait a week then offer a small rat. See how she does then offer another small rat in 5 days then slowly increase rat size.

Last time she ate was last wensday.

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After she has settled in for a week, offer a small rat. And by small, I mean a smallish small. See how she does with it. I don't think I'd jump right into a 5 day feeding schedule. That might be too much stress on her system, especially with the change in prey item. 7 days is the shortest I would go until you've gotten a few meals in her successfully without any regurges or other issues. If she can handle the smallish small rats, after 3-4 feedings maybe move up to larger small rats and so forth. As long as she continues to hold them down and put on weight, you should be able to gradually increase her prey size to suit her growth. But until she has eaten a few meals, I would leave her alone to rest and recuperate in proper husbandry conditions...which from the look of her I would guess she has been lacking. Poor baby.

How many grams? 50?

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She doesn't look 5 feet but either way she is WAY WAY WAY too underweight :(

She looks really scarred up too, poor thing. Agreed on feeding smaller to start her out.

The tub she's in is abt 15" in the pic. The first owner not who I got it from left rats in the cage when they fed that's why it's scared.

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Wow, that poor baby. I would definately start slow. Small meals once a week. After several of those stay down, gradually start upping prey size, until you get her where she should be.

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Is there any reasoning for everyone being so cautious...? Id be offering small rats every 5 days starting with today. The whole "you have to wait a week after bringing them home before you offer food" is a myth imo. As long as shes in a proper setup she'll feel secure and be fine. Sure, some still do refuse on the first day, none of mine ever have though. Maybe im just lucky, i doubt it.

EDIT: By small i mean id offer something the same thickness that she is in her fattest part.

I will be getting more rats Friday I will feed her then

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Originally Posted by toyota89

How many grams? 50?

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Yes, 50-80g every 5-7 days. Good luck!

I gave her a pregnant mouse I got today. The mouse was 41 grams. Eat it with no problem.

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So far she's doing great.
I got her on 11/13
Fed her so far:
11/15 41 gram mouse
11/16 41 gram mouse
11/23 77 gram rat
11/25 97 gram rat
she has eaten everything with no problems and looks very hungry always flicking her tongue.

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I'm going to get more rats tonight. If I can get one around 90 grams I will feed her again.

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Got some more rats. She will get the smallest one tonight or tomorrow.

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Congrats on your rescue, yes get to feeding that girl she looks skinny. I myself also picked up a free rescue today off craigslist she has a bad shed and belly burn but I will soon get her to be 100% healthy :gj:

She pissed this morning. After I cleaned out her tub today she weights over 1900 grams.

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She's up to 2269 now and growing fast.

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That's wonderful XD


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When do you guys think I can breed her? She's my only adult eating right now. She hasn't missed a meal since I got it.

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You know, going over this thread I personally wouldn't breed her anytime soon. She's looking better but not tip top and you don't want to let a female go through breeding when she's even on the teetering edge because the process of mating and producing eggs and laying just wears them out. I think you should give her a good year to fully recoup before you think about having her breed.

OK I think I will start breeding her in October. That was the original plan but she getting better so fast it got me thinking earlier.

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She's doing great and locking like crazy
She's almost 4100 grams

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