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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

    Quote Originally Posted by Phillydubs View Post
    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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    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

    Quote Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy View Post
    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

    Quote Originally Posted by Awesomethepossum View Post
    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

    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.

    Basically, his name doesnt suit him anymore

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    Re: White-lipped python

    Wow he's stunning!
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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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    Glad he ate for you, stunning

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