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JCP not eating
Hi all,
I have a 6ft JCP that's 4 years old. I got him in August, and he has never had a great feeding response in my care. He used to take f/t large rats though. Well I made the mistake of giving him two mice, and after that he never took a rat voluntarily. I once managed to put a rat into his mouth when swallowing a rat, but after doing this again he just stopped swallowing halfway thru. I've tried scenting with mice and chicken broth. No, I've never offered him a live rat.
It's been about three months since he took his last rat, and as of lately he doesn't even take mice anymore, but I'm blaming winter for this.
His cage is 3x2x2ft, has an RHP, temps: 90F basking spot, 83-86 warm side, 78-82 cool side.
I hope he's going to start eating again in the spring...
Btw, I never weighed him before but two weeks ago he was about 4400 grams... I'm going to weigh him more to see if he's losing any weight.
Anybody got advice on what to do?
MH
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