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Scott W · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:07 am Post subject:

Males and females do go off their food at various times, and if there is no major weight loss then there's nothing to worry about (so long as they were good feeders previously).

I would tend to leave the snake alone as much as possible until it starts feeding again.

As for defrosting, I find that leaving a rodent overnight at room temp, then boosting the heat with a hair dryer etc for a few minutes is best. I'm not a fan of putting rodents in hot water to thaw (kinda makes me think they are being slightly cooked, which is why the skin sometimes breaks away).

Good luck and keep a close eye on it's weight.
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goldenburm · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:22 am Post subject:

If he's a male then the time frame for the reluctant feeding falls into the normal pattern of a male who wants nooky! My male goes off his food from August till about March usually, will have the odd smaller meal but on the whole he's more interested in the ladies! Over the 5 months and 3 meals of large mice he lost a grand total of 43g with an initial weight of 765g he went down to 722g which is approximately 6% of his weight, its now 3 months later and he's upto 895g!

I have taken 6 months to get a cf started and just taken 6 months to convert 2 WC to taking defrost rodents!

I would weigh your little one and keep checking every 2 weeks. Have u thought about placing your royal in a smaller darker tub etc and feeding from there? I have found that sometimes works!

Anyway best of luck

Peter
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Lez · Contributing Member Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 77

I must agree with Peter's last post to you. I've fed my royal from the start in a separate but smaller plastic tank/viv......Never refused a feed plus he/she knows exactly why he/she is in there for.....please let us all know how you're doing....
Good luck...Lez

NorthernRegius.com · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject:

steve irwin · I'm new here... Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 12

my royal went for 8 months without eating once! no major weight loss and eventually he just changed his mind and ate, cant explain how happy i was!

have you tried warming the mouse? (mght have been asked already)

best of luck!

Bazzer · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:13 am Post subject:

I've tried different methods. Mostly my bigger guy can be a little fussy. He likes his defrosted in warm water with the rat in a freezer bag keeping it dry. I have used a chicken oxo to get him going again. Simply broke up the oxo cube, dusted the nose of the rat in it and bam! no looking back since. Also with him, he sometimes finds bigger rats a bit intimidating. I have to hold the prey by the fur on the back to make it look smaller. He won't have anything biger than a weaner anyway.

The larger female I have just eats whether its left over night or defrosted in water, wet or dry. Pig she is.

My new one has only fed once so far, so i'm working on it with her.

Bazzer · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:15 am Post subject:

Incidentally, ghana, my male, has just tucked away two weaners since i've been catching up on the posts.

Lynne · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:15 am Post subject:

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Lynne · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject:

ahh the newspaper trick, only with hay! right! know it now.
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