My pastel female went on her 1000g fast and hadn't eaten for me since October 2012. She FINALLY showed interest in food last night and I saw her first strike ever for 9 months without losing any significant weight. I let out the biggest sigh of relief and had the biggest smile on my face. I'm sure many of you have experienced this before!
Here's a few things I did to get her to eat:
- spray her enclosure down a few hours before feeding time
- don't handle too much
- offer smaller prey sizes than normal (she took a small rat rather than the usual medium)
- obviously monitor husbandry (temps, humidity, water, hides, substrate, etc.)
- BE PATIENT, keep offering
I was wondering what your longest fast was/is, and how you got them to start eating again!