Quote Originally Posted by Flicker View Post
Yeah, they do that sometime, but I take the hint and get them food as soon as I can. I think the main problem is that i waited WAYYYYYYYY too much time to switch them to rats. They are very picky eaters and used to refuse rats all the time, so I just kept them on largish mice. They're finally eating rats now and I think they're already putting on weight--and They're stopped cruising since I started them on rats too... I think that sounds pretty accurate, don't you?

And, just wondering, what is the purpose of the fectal? Could parasites be causing a increased motabalism or something? And do they need special equipment to do it?--or does a petstore have the knowhow?
Yep, sounds about right.
Although from your previous posts you have said that you house them together. Food refusal is very common with BP's housed together. Although you might not be having problems now, it would probably be more beneficial for them to be housed separately, especially if you are going to get a fecal done for each of them. That way you can tell who's poo is who's (haha).

A fecal float checks for parasites that could be leaching the nutrition from your BP causing them to either loose weight, or gain it very slowly. I am pretty sure only a vet can do it. I don't think a petstore would even know what one was.