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Is it normal that my BP won't eat right now?
Couple weeks ago I switched my 1 year old BP to rats and she ate 2 of them no problem, now out of nowhere, she shows no interest of eating for the past 2 weeks. Is this something I should be worried about? I'd put it in front of her face even, and she would kind of look at it or look all scared when i put it too close
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Re: Is it normal that my BP won't eat right now?
Not unusual at all. It could eat next time or go weeks or even months without eating. Check out some of the past threads on this topic to put yourself at ease. I have one of my good eaters that didn't eat last week after never missing a meal. Leave the prey item in the vivarium overnight. You may be surprised that it might be gone by morning. If not, discard it and try again next week.
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A little more information is needed.
Has anything else changed besides her food, maybe temps, hides anything like that?
Do you know how much she weighs off hand and is it your only BP? Do you know if she's a female for sure or are you just assuming?
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If you're using F/T, are you sure you're getting the rat hot enough? I've had times when he looks to be ignoring the rat and I'll take it and put it under the hair dryer for another couple minutes and try again and he'll strike immediately. The rats take longer to heat up than the mice do in my experience...
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Re: Is it normal that my BP won't eat right now?
 Originally Posted by Neal
A little more information is needed.
Has anything else changed besides her food, maybe temps, hides anything like that?
Do you know how much she weighs off hand and is it your only BP? Do you know if she's a female for sure or are you just assuming?
nothing has changed. i'm guessing she weighs about 200-300g. Yes she's female for sure
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Re: Is it normal that my BP won't eat right now?
Balls are fickle eaters, however it is winter and the temperature has dropped. did you adjust the temp correctly to accommodate the cold? check the temp of the cage, perhaps use a second thermometer in case the current one is off. If the habitat is right then don't worry, it's old enough that going for a month without food wont be a problem.
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