Feeding Refusals after Positive Body Responses

[Zincubus]

I take these steps as well. This time after thawing the rodents for a whole day in the fridge, I put them out a couple hours early in the snake room to marinate. Waiting until it was complete darkness, powered up the hair dryer. He was ready and cocked but never struck. The whole RE-HEAT and offer again has NEVER worked for me. I've tried it but if he doesn't take it the 1st time he's not interested....unless I drop and come back the next day.

What a puzzle ...


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[ckuhn003]

Took a temperature check and noticed the warm side under the hide was lower then usual (approx 83ish) and the cool side (79ish). Just recently I added a lot of fake plants to clutter up the enclosure and I'm wondering if that's preventing the warm side temps to not heat up to the usual 88. Possibly the leaves laying on top of the hides or around the probe are causing the issue?? I'm using an RHP.

Anyone think these temps could be contributing to the feeding refusals?

[EL-Ziggy]

Colder temps can lead to food breaks. I don't think 83F is too cold but you should probably boost those temps up a bit higher to 88-92.