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What temps are you at now?
why do you “brain” the food? Does that mean cut it so the brains come out ?!?
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Re: White-lipped python
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
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Re: White-lipped python
He also just finished shedding. There's just that teeny piece of stuck shed- the rest came off clean (you can see it wrapped around his tree).
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Last edited by Awesomethepossum; 06-26-2020 at 07:16 PM.
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Re: White-lipped python
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.
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Re: White-lipped python
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
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
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Re: White-lipped python
Originally Posted by Awesomethepossum
He also just finished shedding. There's just that teeny piece of stuck shed- the rest came off clean (you can see it wrapped around his tree).
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Looking superb !!
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Re: White-lipped python
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
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Re: White-lipped python
Glad he ate for you, stunning
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