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[Jase]

Right, I tried this with 3 non feeders and they still wont feed. How long does it take to invigorate them?

I'm not worried about them but just eager to get them feeding. I weigh them every now and again and one hasn't budged and fluctuates +/- 10g a fortnight, the other two are decreasing in weight, one quicker than t'other.
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[mike h]

it might not work!
I have recently used it and my male fed and one of my females refused so go to plan xy and z?
have a think about the following.

Go to your local pet shop and beg/borrow some rat/mouse/gerbel hamster bedding, the dirtier the better.
get you food item defrosted.
choose a bedding and put it near the royals.
put the food item in the smellyist bedding and get it horrible.
feed the snakes,
work through different beddings to see what gets them going.
Buy some multy mice, not the magic some claim but could be the answer.

One of my females which wont feed is not gravid, she gets excited by the smell of mouse but ignores the rats i offer her, sometimes an alternate food source is needed and then switch them back to what they was eating before fasting, basically if they have a good history of feeding somet will eventually get them back into the swing of things.

mike
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[Jase]

I breed my own mice so can easily try the bedding.

I'll try the Avipro again but might take their water out for a few days so they have a proper drink of Avipro'd water.

How soon did you offer food after the avipro?
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[mike h]

offered food about 5 days after avipro.

mike
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