Quote Originally Posted by spodermon View Post
I've had this 2 year old girl for about 3 months and she has always eaten really well. The past few weeks she has been getting really aggressive when feeding, which is good, not complaining since I'm trying to breed her, BUT the last few times feeding she would take the rat but won't eat it?? And then, since she's such an aggressive feeder, if I try to get the rat to reheat, she will target my hand with a "I'm gonna murder u and eat your hand" look on her face so I just throw the rat away the next day when she's calmed down lol

I was watching her earlier and what happens is she strikes at the side of the rat, tries to eat it but fails because she starts eating from the side, ignores it, and starts looking around for (another rat or something) and looking at me thinking I'm food. Sometimes she would get startled when coiling because of the noise of me trying to close the enclosure and she then focuses on me instead of trying to eat the rat.

She often misses the f/t as well, striking 3-4 times before getting it even when the rat is usually warm almost hot, a few times she almost struck my knee

So frustrating, any tips? She scares me because she's about 1300gr and so feisty when she smells food lol

It's my first time breeding.
Had this issue few months ago with a girl I'm breeding. She would kill the rat and start to eat then refuse. Gave her smaller rats than usual and she ate them. Guessing she didn't want big meals while her follicles were growing. Just an idea to try

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