Feeling Like a Failure (Feeding)

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When my boy Vega was that size he never quit eating, but he did pretty much go over to at the most frequent monthly poops. So 3 weeks without a poop isn't really worrisome unless you can see major "sausage-butt" for more than a week or two (maybe more? Someone with more experience would need to chime in there. I wouldn't be worried until after that at least). He also spent a lot of time on the cool side when not digesting and my adult male does as well outside of shed or a recent meal. Might just be a personal preference of hers.

I can't recall if you've said your method already, but if you usually thaw in water, it wouldn't hurt to thaw in water with the rat in a ziploc baggy and see if a stronger smell would help. That kind of minor change to the process isn't going to make her less likely to eat, so may be worth trying for #4. I agree on leaving off changing how you offer it (tongs/drop-feed) and the type of feeder for another meal or two. I'd run through the various thawing and offer methods before swapping prey items.

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She was going every 2 weeks previously, so maybe she’s just switching over to less frequent defecation. Hard to know because she hasn’t had a 2nd meal to help push the first one out lol.

I thaw in a ziploc bag in warm (just warm enough to register as warm to the touch, but not hot) water, then blast with the hair dryer.

When I only had my Cal King, I would just leave the rat on the counter for a few hours and she would literally eat it at room temp. Didn’t have to blast it with heat or anything. That didn’t work for Syd (my BP), though, so I started doing both of their meals at the same time in the baggies in water to simplify feeding process and that seemed to be the ticket. Until now, anyway.




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