At 900 grams she's a decent size. Normally I wouldn't even be all that concerned about 3 weeks of refusals but because even at 900 grams Saoirse is obviously still underweight for her length, I'm just a bit more concerned that she doesn't backslide again.

Thanks for the email btw Adam. I know you are terribly busy this time of year so it is even more appreciated.

As per Adam's suggestions, we're going to do some light cycle adjustments with Saoire and bump her ambients a little higher than normal to try and "wake her up" a bit. As Adam said, she may be also just reacting to getting all that good food after so long a fast. She did put on a significant amount of weight in a short time so she may just instinctively reacting to that, not knowing there isn't an end to the weekly rat meal. It may just take a lot more patience for this lovely WC female to get the concept that she gets to eat weekly.

We are also going to try quite small live prey with her next week to see if this will trigger her.

Thanks for all your concern folks. It's very heartwarming!


~~Jo~~