moving my inconsistant feeder to a tub

[tttaylorrr]

I would still consider moving him in something very tight 15 quarts and see how it does, give him a few week and if he does better and eating behavior start picking up that will tell you that he just feel more comfortable in a more cramp environment, and if not than he could be one of those fussy eater.

They are all different and while I have add very young and small animals feeling secure in the largest enclosure I also have seen the opposite.

Pay attention and see how he behaves when you make the switch, sometime slight changes and your ability to observe will tell you a lot.

thanks a lot, Deborah. i'll get a 15qt and get it ready this week, and hope to move him in this weekend. i'll update and let you know how it goes.

[JodanOrNoDan]

Please let us know how it goes. I have had the smaller tub thing work and not work. I never went as small as Deborah does until recently. Most most problematic male is under the "Deb" treatment as we speak. He is in week two and in shed. I am going to attempt to feed him a week after his shed. Nothing else has worked to get him consistent.

[tttaylorrr]

Please let us know how it goes. I have had the smaller tub thing work and not work. I never went as small as Deborah does until recently. Most most problematic male is under the "Deb" treatment as we speak. He is in week two and in shed. I am going to attempt to feed him a week after his shed. Nothing else has worked to get him consistent.

i'll def keep this thread updated with the process. "the Deb treatment" hopefully starts this weekend: i plan on getting the tub tomorrow and ordering a new heat mat after that.
i might go a little bigger than 15qt, maybe 18 (don't kill me, Deborah!) so his hide fits but i'll wait to see when i go to target; i might have to make a hide regardless.

[tttaylorrr]

i might have discovered a husbandry issue: i used to heat the whole room which kept my beep's ambient temp at a steady ~79°. however that room is my bedroom and i couldn't take it anymore, about a month ago i spent the money on an RHP and stopped heating the room. during my check, i hit various places with my temp gun; some spots farthest from the RHP were reading as low as 76°. his AcuRite sits between 77-79° on the sides, and right under the RHP the gun reads ~81°. he's currently in the hide right under the RHP...i think he's been too cold.

i turned up my Herpstat two degrees, so maybe i'll hold off on his move (will still purchase the setup) and try to feed in a couple days. we've had a bunch of rain and crappy/cold weather for a while up here...maybe that didn't help.

well, yay discoveries!

[JodanOrNoDan]

i might have discovered a husbandry issue: i used to heat the whole room which kept my beep's ambient temp at a steady ~79°. however that room is my bedroom and i couldn't take it anymore, about a month ago i spent the money on an RHP and stopped heating the room. during my check, i hit various places with my temp gun; some spots farthest from the RHP were reading as low as 76°. his AcuRite sits between 77-79° on the sides, and right under the RHP the gun reads ~81°. he's currently in the hide right under the RHP...i think he's been too cold.

i turned up my Herpstat two degrees, so maybe i'll hold off on his move (will still purchase the setup) and try to feed in a couple days. we've had a bunch of rain and crappy/cold weather for a while up here...maybe that didn't help.

well, yay discoveries!

That's great, now you may be able to skip the entire exercise.

[tttaylorrr]

That's great, now you may be able to skip the entire exercise.

i'd like to. i plan on monitoring him and spaghetti's husbandry like a hawk this week. i upped her temp as well as yellow's and even upped the temp of his UTH. now we play the waiting game...

[tttaylorrr]

spaghetti and yellow refused. this is 2 in a row for spaghetti — her first ever — and 4 for yellow. this obviously has to do with my ambient heating/temps. for the moment i'm going to turn off all heaters and just heat the room like i used to and wait two weeks. i feel like a bad mom.