Why do they fast?

[Reinz]

This right here

I used to think that this was mostly it. ^^^^

However, my Ball (no breeder) usually only ate once a month. But this year changed up a bit. In August it was like she was going into a preemptive strike mode. 1 med/large rat was not enough. And she was going into a Super monster eating mode- very aggressive when I just walked into the room. She would eat 4 rats, one after the other. She begged and stayed in aggressive feed mode for 2 days. I had to ignore her and not feed her anymore in fear of killing her. Then in 2-3 weeks it was Super feed mode again instead of the usual 4 weeks.

As a side note, her defecates did not nearly add up to the intake. In other words, the eliminations were not 4 times the normal amount, maybe twice as much or less. Thus, I think more of the food was stored as fat for the upcoming strike.

Then like a clock Elvira went on strike as she usually does in October.

I think Deborah hit on other valid reasons as well.





Here ¥¥¥ Elvira tracked me with every move I made as I walked around the room. ¥¥¥