New owner and site member, BP Dehydrated from store.

[Karokash]

I hope i'm not breaking any rules by continuing this thread far past what it was originally created for. I can always start a new one after his shed or something. I just really appreciate all the input and advice following his condition changes.

[jtomb1510]

I have a pair of 1.1 Albino Pieds right now that were born on 9/20 and I STILL have to assist feed them to this day. I have decided they just hate me and that is why they do this to me..... As far as that Pied at PetSmart goes, I'm very surprised that such a large chain has a Pied. $300 is about the going rate for a Pied male with that percentage of white though. Medium white Pied males are $300-$350 and females are roughly $100 more. They really dropped in price this year. I'd offer the manager $200 for him as is and see if he goes for it. You can clear mites up in a day if you know what you're doing.

Anyways, I'm glad you finally got your little guy/gal to eat. Glad the hair dryer trick worked for you. It's my go to method for stubborn eaters
Cheers!

[Karokash]

As pathetic as it is, I couldn't even give him $200 right now. If it's still there when I get paid I will most likely not be able to resist. especially as I still have a spare 20 gallon tank and bedding and spare lamp...

[Karokash]

I know i'm not going to forgive myself if I miss this deal but I also know I can't really afford it. Legitimately battling this haha. Pretty sad about it all...So i'm going to focus back on Kaa and just see if luck favors me soon.

maybe i'll talk to the petsmart guy about fostering...long shot I know but he seemed cool.

[yellowbelly76]

HE ATE! *angelic trumpets blare*

So I didn't do the paper towel thing because I thought he might be getting some weird smells from it that put him off. However after the fridge thaw, I hooked up a hair dryer and dried/warmed it up on the top of his cage. He got all interested and squirmy and within a couple minutes of dangling, he struck it right out of the tongs! He actually was moving up like he smelled me so I had to raise the f/t which resulted in an almost aerial strike.

But long story short he now has a fully belly and is chilling. He probably wants more but i'm not going to push it so in 4 days I am going to feed again and will start trying to feed every 4-5 to get his weight up.

But I just want to say a huge thank you to all of the positive vibes you all have sent us. I know we aren't completely out of the woods yet but at least I know he isn't starving and now have a point of reference for his weight journal and his feeding journal.

Congrats on a successful feeding!! I have been waiting for this information!!! Now that he has taken a f/t, try a few more to ensure that he continues to accept them. If he does, you might consider ordering frozen rats in bulk online. I fussed over that decision for a while, and finally did it when I saw the site, bigcheeserodents.com, offering flat rate shipping. I ordered almost a years supply of rats (1 pack of weaned, and 2 packs of smalls). They arrived quickly, and the packs were vacuum sealed. I split and sealed the weaned into packs of 5, to ensure they last. The smalls I left in their original vacuum sealed bags, and stuck them in the basement deep freezer. Anyways...congrats again, I hope he continues to eat and grow for you!!

Aaron

[Spoons]

Congrats on a successful feeding!! I have been waiting for this information!!! Now that he has taken a f/t, try a few more to ensure that he continues to accept them. If he does, you might consider ordering frozen rats in bulk online. I fussed over that decision for a while, and finally did it when I saw the site, bigcheeserodents.com, offering flat rate shipping. I ordered almost a years supply of rats (1 pack of weaned, and 2 packs of smalls). They arrived quickly, and the packs were vacuum sealed. I split and sealed the weaned into packs of 5, to ensure they last. The smalls I left in their original vacuum sealed bags, and stuck them in the basement deep freezer. Anyways...congrats again, I hope he continues to eat and grow for you!!

Aaron

the only problem I am seeing with this is that my guy is still growing, he's very young. I have no way of guessing how many of each animal I'll need - I would love to order some pups, but how many? How long will it be before I upgrade? How soon will he need something else? It's hard to order bulk like that when I don't know. :/ Nobody around me sells rats any smaller than 'small' so I'm stuck shelling out for mice!

Karokash, I'm feeling the same dilemma with a Brazilian Rainbow boa at my local rep store. I'm DYING to buy one, and I'm looking for a female. They've only got a young male, but I was seriously fighting myself over it. I ended up not going for it because I really needed the money for bills, but I'm really hoping to be able to put a deposit down with a breeder online. It was such a fight! I have a tank for it, I have all the stuff I would need save for another thermostat, but I had to pass. It's so hard!

[blue roses]

I have the same problem with my bp viv. No matter what i tried the humidity never went higher than 40 percent, so i purchased a reptifog fogger by zoomed and that has solved the problem i set it for med fog every 3 hrs and it sends the humidity up to 75, it does drop down a bit in the 3 hrs between foggings but not lower than 50. I live on long island and 8 months of the year humidity is not an issue, but in winter between the oil burner and the supplimental wood burning stove the house gets pretty dry.

[pbyeerts]

Can u make payments on the pied?

[Karokash]

Congrats on a successful feeding!! I have been waiting for this information!!! Now that he has taken a f/t, try a few more to ensure that he continues to accept them. If he does, you might consider ordering frozen rats in bulk online. I fussed over that decision for a while, and finally did it when I saw the site, bigcheeserodents.com, offering flat rate shipping. I ordered almost a years supply of rats (1 pack of weaned, and 2 packs of smalls). They arrived quickly, and the packs were vacuum sealed. I split and sealed the weaned into packs of 5, to ensure they last. The smalls I left in their original vacuum sealed bags, and stuck them in the basement deep freezer. Anyways...congrats again, I hope he continues to eat and grow for you!!

Aaron

Thank you for the link and the interest. Back to battling humidity but so glad he ate. I will be feeding again tomorrow. If he takes again then i'm going to start buying in packs. I appreciate the resource.

[Karokash]

I have the same problem with my bp viv. No matter what i tried the humidity never went higher than 40 percent, so i purchased a reptifog fogger by zoomed and that has solved the problem i set it for med fog every 3 hrs and it sends the humidity up to 75, it does drop down a bit in the 3 hrs between foggings but not lower than 50. I live on long island and 8 months of the year humidity is not an issue, but in winter between the oil burner and the supplimental wood burning stove the house gets pretty dry.

I have pretty much decided that I'm going to have to break down and just get a mister as well. He has coco bedding that I spray down every day, a water bowl that three of himself could soak in completely, a log hide filled with moss that I soak and re-moisten twice a week, a 2/3 covered lid, and no airflow at all in the room and its still trying to go back down to the 30's. So instead of pulling my hair out with confusion i'm going to get a mister. Last thing I know to do. A mister needed in Louisiana, still makes me laugh.

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Can u make payments on the pied?

petsmart doesn't do that. It's a pretty straightforward retail situation, they sell the animals the same way they sell the fake plants.