Assist feeding question

[dr del]

Hi,

Did you go back and try regular unscented mice?

It's not really a problem if they just eat mice you know - despite what some people say.


dr del

[angllady2]

I agree with Derek.

I have several devoted mouse eaters. Sure they are a little more trouble to feed, but they eat and grow and breed just fine on mice.

These guys live to try our patience sometimes.

Gale

[sookieball]

Yeah I've tried a bit more times than I could patiently say.
And trust me I have a mouse eater and she's a BIG GIRL.
Gave me a 7 egg clutch last year that was my first and hers :-)

I actually just picked her up and feel so sad
She is sooo SUPER skinny and making me worried.
I'm gonna try small mice or even a hopper or pinky rat and see if the small mice or hopper annoy her enough to feed on it.

I'll take a few shots of her so you can see how skinny she got.

I wish I could give her like a mouse shake or rat smoothie :-)

Sorry a friend made a joke about that and made me crack up .



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[satomi325]

Sorry to respond so late.

Now she is in my rack with 85degrees hot side and about 70-75 cool.
Humidity is always high around 75%




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85 hot spot is a little cool. You want at least 88-92
Maybe she'll be more interested in food with warmer temps

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[sookieball]

85 hot spot is a little cool. You want at least 88-92
Maybe she'll be more interested in food with warmer temps

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The others in the rack seem to not mind. But hey a bump up may be beneficial for all any who.

Also my rack is back heat not belly heat.
Its for sub-adult worms

But I also don't have a reostat or herpstat attached its just straight into the wall and the temps are pretty consistent
no real fluctuations unless its a HOT socal day. Gotta get one though.
Don't know which exactly I should get.
I hear less problems with the herpstat

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[Annarose15]

85 hot spot is a little cool. You want at least 88-92
Maybe she'll be more interested in food with warmer temps

I think the 70-75 cool is probably more potentially detrimental than the low hot spot. Most people consider 75 the absolute minimum.

[sookieball]

I think the 70-75 cool is probably more potentially detrimental than the low hot spot. Most people consider 75 the absolute minimum.

Eep .. k I'll bump for sure.
On the bright side my big normal Sookie (one my user name inspired my names Ernie) started eating again too. But since her clutch last season she has been off and on eating. But she likes to binge I guess.
She likes a meal for for a queen
5-6 large mice a sitting. Than I call it quits.
She would keep eating if I let her.

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[JulieInNJ]

Just a thought - what time of day are you feeding?

My guys eat much better in the evening than any other time of day. I tried a morning feeding this week due to my schedule, and I had a bunch of refusals, even with my consistent eaters.

[sookieball]

Well my mojo, butter, pin and albino eat no matter the time of day. My 2 normals are the pickiest and sookie my big girl will only eat before the sun goes down or after 1 am.
The normal in question that hasn't eaten used to eat like a fiend.
She was my garbage disposal.
She would eat when ever I offered.

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