First BP just arrived Kingpin

[Albert Clark]

Healthy looking Kingpin! Congrats.

[Dramatron]

Wow, she wasted no time at all going for her meal. My Kingpin will stare her food down while I do the zombie rat dance for a solid minute before finally taking her strike.

I've had my Kingpin, June, for about a month now. Offered 3 times and the little girl still hasn't eaten yet
Hopefully she'll grow into a nice, healthy, and friendly girl like yours.

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[Foxton]

I've had my Kingpin, June, for about a month now. Offered 3 times and the little girl still hasn't eaten yet
Hopefully she'll grow into a nice, healthy, and friendly girl like yours.

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I saw your thread on that, looks like you're doing everything mostly the same as me. Sounds like a case of your BP not feeling secure so she's too stressed to eat. Hence why she strikes to make it go away but won't hit to eat. You could try feeding with the room dark just a red light so you can see. Possibly play the zombie rat game slowly introducing it from the far side and seeing if she'll come out to try and get it. Try different colors. Maybe brain the feeder. Are you using the same feeder the breeder was?

[Dramatron]

I saw your thread on that, looks like you're doing everything mostly the same as me. Sounds like a case of your BP not feeling secure so she's too stressed to eat. Hence why she strikes to make it go away but won't hit to eat. You could try feeding with the room dark just a red light so you can see. Possibly play the zombie rat game slowly introducing it from the far side and seeing if she'll come out to try and get it. Try different colors. Maybe brain the feeder. Are you using the same feeder the breeder was?

This last attempt was the most interested she's been so far. She didn't strike at all, but she did come out of her hide and went up to the rat. I did the zombie rat dance and she was entranced and in a striking position but didn't pursue it. After a while she just got bored/threatened by the dancing rat and retreated back into her enclosure.
I spoke with the breeder a couple weeks ago and he was feeding her rat pups, same as me, but he didn't specify if they were live or not.
She may have been spooked by me hovering over the enclosure so a dark room may help (although I assume she can still smell me).
I'll try other methods, but I think she's just hesitant in general because of the situation. Every time I've brought the rat out in the room she sticks her head out of the hide very curiously, in a way that looks like she's familiar with the smell.
I think I may just wait until she's hungry enough to take it, then I assume she'll realize these zombie rats have been meals all along.

Thanks for the reply bud

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[Dramatron]

Thought I'd throw in a pic of my little girl

[Foxton]

Thought I'd throw in a pic of my little girl

She's very pretty, I hope she starts eating for you, and you may not want to handle her until she does even for a quick photoshoot.

[Dramatron]

She's very pretty, I hope she starts eating for you, and you may not want to handle her until she does even for a quick photoshoot.

Thanks, and I've stopped handling her, this was from a couple weeks ago.

[Foxton]

Relax, you'll get your rats. (Trying to get rid of all the pups before I order up a size)



Video from the second one, held the rat in the same spot for the first one, her hide was off kilter because she came flying out like a maniac.
https://youtu.be/VdLWkbkgZMc

[Foxton]

Cleaning day update. Built up the cool side so she'd have some place to dig into.

Bath time

Missed her blowing bubbles


Waiting bin

Spent a good 10 minutes sniffing and pushing at this one spot

[Foxton]

Filia turned one year old yesterday and I did a couple photo dumps over on tumblr but here's a before and after.




Full photo sets
http://goo.gl/1ipyLX
http://goo.gl/oIjQZ6
http://goo.gl/evKRVx