Finally ate! What's your longest fast?

[brettfong]

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!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

About 10/12 Months was the longest.

[3skulls]

9/10 months.
No tricks besides offering her a smaller size every few weeks.

I was really happy when she grabbed that rat up.

[jason_ladouceur]

18 months. I'd pretty much figured she was just never gonna eat again but kept offering every week. Thankfully I keep boas so the left overs never go to waste lol. Then one day bam. And she never refused food again for the rest of the time I owned her.

[h00blah]

10 months for me ...

my albino male was 1000 grams and seems to regulate his feeding to stay that weight. i didn't change any of his husbandry or prey items. He was coming to a shed (his 3rd one during the fast), and he ate right before he shed. Now he's feeding regularly. Kinda weird lol

[RetiredJedi]

My 1.0 pinstripe is currently in his 8th month of not feeding. Last meal he had was end of November 2012. No change in husbandry until last week I was reading on here someone suggested changing the substrate. So the last time he ate was when he had aspen bedding (I use paper) so I put Aspen bedding back in, leaving him alone for about two weeks and see if it works when I try to feed him next week.

[3skulls]

My 1.0 pinstripe is currently in his 8th month of not feeding. Last meal he had was end of November 2012. No change in husbandry until last week I was reading on here someone suggested changing the substrate. So the last time he ate was when he had aspen bedding (I use paper) so I put Aspen bedding back in, leaving him alone for about two weeks and see if it works when I try to feed him next week.

Good luck!!

[TheSnakeGeek]

9 months huh? that sucks. lol i was hoping our bumble bee girl might be big enough to breed this winter. she was my best eater. then she hit 1,013 grams and nothing. hasn't eaten in 3 months.

[Flikky]

6 months. Currently dealing with a 3 month fast on my pastel girl. Trying to get her up to breeding weight...

[el8ch]

10 months or so. She's all about the ASFs though these days.