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    Great Basin Gopher (Deserticola) Request for Feeding Help

    My Gopher has been off feed for 60 days when I rescued it but did not know much about it or its past. It looks like they do go into Hibernation from Oct to Mar depends on how far north you are even not in the wild. So I am thinking that maybe he or she will be coming out of it now, before she was always in the hide or buried but not doing that now she is not hiding is out 95% of the time more looking, not in the hide very offen.

    I just do not know what to try this time for food, I have tried lg mouse, little mouse.

    Snake is about 3/4 in around and 5+ ft.

    Does anyone have thoughts?

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    Are you sure she's a she? have you tried a live rat pup?
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    No I am not sure he is a he or she is a she....LOL

    and nor a rat pup. I was just thinking of that, Thnak You the mice just might be too small but a rat to big. I pick one up.


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    Has it ever eaten for you?

    What temps are you keeping it at?

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    Keep at 75° - 85° F Day, Night no lower then 75° F. Has a tree to climb, in a 30 Gal, Very private, big water bowl, very big Hide. Snake is 5ft or more and about 3/4" round, when we got it, looks like some thing had died in the cage, not sure what but we where told it was a rat so we where thinking it was feed something to big and left in to long, not sure if the lady was doing live or F/T. Clean snake got into new cage to fit the size of snake, it was always in hide or buried, but in the last 1 1/2 weeks has become very active almost never in hide always out and about. Has tried lg. mouse F/T and a Little Mouse F/T. Now thinging maybe a Rat Pup F/T. Since they do go into Hibernation and it ends Feb -Mar maybe its time, and he or she is going back into feeding. I just want to do right for this snake.

    Since we have had it it has never ate or showed and intrest in eating, Pick up in End Dec or Early Jan. I have tried to feed about once a week or even every other week.

    If anyone has one of these snakes and can give help please do We want the sweet snake to make it, he or she is a very sweet snake.

    Thank You

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    Pictures would help. If it's a male going off feed is not unusual this time of year.
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    Re: Great Basin Gopher (Deserticola) Request for Feeding Help

    Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
    Pictures would help. If it's a male going off feed is not unusual this time of year.
    My Camera not working I was trying to post some I found on line that look like it but I took to long so it would not let me do it. I will try to get some thing out ther for you all can help me


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    Last edited by Stewart_Reptiles; 02-27-2012 at 08:41 PM. Reason: Hotlink
    Our Current Family:
    1.0 Green Tree Python (ARU)=Hercules: 1.0 Borneo Blood Python=Sir Lancelot
    0.1 Ball Python=Sheba: 0.0.1 Gopher Rescue=Dirty Harry: 1.0.0 Corn=Apollo
    0.0.1 Leopard Gecko= Napoleon 0.1.0: Bearded Dragon=Draco : 0.1.0Fire Belly Armadillo Lizard:
    0.1.0 Rose Hair Tarantula: 1.0 Cockatiel=Luna: 0.1 Vosmari Eclectus=Evee: 0.2 Cats= Kiku, Duchess: 1.2 Dog=Lilly, Brandy, Charly: 2.0 Flemish Giant=Athena and Snuggles: 0.4 Rats: 0.0.8 Tiger Barbs Fish:
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    We need pictures of your snake. That'll give us an idea of it's condition and possibly sex. Try to get one of the underside of its tail too.
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    Re: Great Basin Gopher (Deserticola) Request for Feeding Help

    Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
    We need pictures of your snake. That'll give us an idea of it's condition and possibly sex. Try to get one of the underside of its tail too.
    I will, I was all so thinging since I was not told much about it, when i get pictures of the snake, that maybe its a corn and not a gopher? I got to find out what wrong with my Camera.

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    1.0 Green Tree Python (ARU)=Hercules: 1.0 Borneo Blood Python=Sir Lancelot
    0.1 Ball Python=Sheba: 0.0.1 Gopher Rescue=Dirty Harry: 1.0.0 Corn=Apollo
    0.0.1 Leopard Gecko= Napoleon 0.1.0: Bearded Dragon=Draco : 0.1.0Fire Belly Armadillo Lizard:
    0.1.0 Rose Hair Tarantula: 1.0 Cockatiel=Luna: 0.1 Vosmari Eclectus=Evee: 0.2 Cats= Kiku, Duchess: 1.2 Dog=Lilly, Brandy, Charly: 2.0 Flemish Giant=Athena and Snuggles: 0.4 Rats: 0.0.8 Tiger Barbs Fish:
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