Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

[dakski]

Behira is hovering around 2KG (weighed her dry today at 1,980G) and still annihilating F/T medium rats.

I plan to feed her mediums for a while and not move up to large rats - which as high as I plan to go with her (I will adjust frequency to maintain body condition versus feeding larger meals that are more fatty). I am still feeding every 10-14 days because of her shedding issues, which are improving, and he body condition is excellent and there is no need to rush her.

I tried something new when feeding her tonight. I peeked in the tank right before I turned the lights off (they are on a timer but I manually shut them off a minute or two before they would normally go off in the hopes of catching Behira off guard and keeping her from nailing the doors). Behira was on the left side of the tank. I hit the lights, went to the right side of the tank, dropped the drape, and used the center divider in the tank to hide from her view a little. Then I opened up the right side quick, stuck the tongs in with the medium rat, and BAM! She hit the rat instead of the doors.

Not sure this will work every time, but the more I can keep her from nailing the doors, the happier I am .