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Advanced feeding issues.
I was debating which forum to put this in. If it doesn't belong here after all please move it.
I have an '06 het pied male that is 'almost' 350 grams. Shocked? Small man yes? Yes he is. And he's incredibly infuriating. He is an ultimate picky eater. He will only eat rats, he will not eat weanling rats, f/t rats, fuzzy rats, rat pups, small small rats or lg small rats, they must simply be small rats but even then it's hit or miss.
I've had him over a year now, he's eaten a few times in my care, he was a picky eater prior to me purchasing him so it's nothing new.
His humidity and temps are spot on along with everyone else in the rack. He's in a 6qt, previously in a 12 qt and I'm seeing if smaller is better for him though if tonights failed feeding is anything to go by it didn't do a thing.
I have tried the newspaper ball trick, the cover the tub with a dark cloth and leave be tick, leaving f/t in there over night, the leave him alone for a few weeks and see if he gets hungry trick, the hold the rat in tongs, the release rat and let him hunt. He's been without a hide, with a hide... I have fantasies of shoving rat pups down his throat (don't worry, just a day dream). There really hasn't been anything consistent in the times he did eat.
He hasn't lost weight but he most assuredly isn't gaining weight. I'd say he's put on maybe 100 grams since I've got him.
suggestions?
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