Banana/Coral Glow Emperor Pin Progression

[artgecko]

Thanks, I'm hoping so too. He was last fed on the 2nd, and I plan to try to feed him Friday, so hopefully he'll be good and hungry by then. Did you have a tough time switching yours over to rats?

Oh! I found out his hatch date was 08/16/17! How close is that to your girl's?

I fed her 3-4 times with f/t mice just to get her started and feeding for me. I then began thawing a f/t rat pup with the mice and letting it sit with the rat while coming up to room temp (i.e. put the mouse on top of it). This was done for 3-4 more feedings, then I thawed the rat pup in the same ziploc as the mouse, but did not do the scent-rubbing. I have offered her one un-mouse-scented weaned rat so far and she took it. I have not had a chance to do another feeding because she was in shed. I will be attempting again tomorrow.

I will have to go back and look at my communications with him to see what her hatch date was. I didn't put that info in my record book like I normally do. I will get back with you once I find it.

Mine is a total nut job. She is extremely skittish and if I've pulled her tub out, and she sees me across the room, she will start defense striking towards me I'm hoping she grows out of that lol.

[Pengil]

I fed her 3-4 times with f/t mice just to get her started and feeding for me. I then began thawing a f/t rat pup with the mice and letting it sit with the rat while coming up to room temp (i.e. put the mouse on top of it). This was done for 3-4 more feedings, then I thawed the rat pup in the same ziploc as the mouse, but did not do the scent-rubbing. I have offered her one un-mouse-scented weaned rat so far and she took it. I have not had a chance to do another feeding because she was in shed. I will be attempting again tomorrow.

I will have to go back and look at my communications with him to see what her hatch date was. I didn't put that info in my record book like I normally do. I will get back with you once I find it.

Mine is a total nut job. She is extremely skittish and if I've pulled her tub out, and she sees me across the room, she will start defense striking towards me I'm hoping she grows out of that lol.

Very interesting and helpful, thank you! I might have to change that process up slightly, since I don't have any other snakes to feed a thawed rat to, but I'm thinking of maybe feeding him mice a couple more times, then getting some rats and freezing them all together so their scent is somewhat mingled? I do also have a pet mouse, so no shortage of used bedding to thaw a rat in if need be. Good luck with tomorrow's feeding! I bet she'll be hungry now that she's shed.

Hahaha, maybe yours ended up with all the crazy. I haven't actually seen mine out and about since the third day after he came home. He was pretty curious, and came right up to the front of the tub, but I had my phone up to take a picture and my case is white, so maybe he was thinking it might be food? I peep under his hide every other day or so to make sure he's doing okay, and he just stays there and looks up at me like, "Do you require something? Am I dinner?" We'll see how he is once he gets more used to things and I can handle him.