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hasn't eaten in a month

Melinda said:
Congrats!!

Totally agree with Maki and Bob. My diva (albino female) will only take smaller light colored rats. Weird buggers!

Short story, waay back when normal breeding size females were expensive, I bought one for a bit over $600. Darn girl didn't eat for 11 months. After losing almost half her body weight, I tube fed her a couple times and then she finally started eating 4-5 mice regularly. I can't seem to breed mice and they are $2 each locally, so I sold her to someone that could deal with her live mouse feedings. Of course the normal market was much lower when I sold her.
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My Caramel male seems to prefer rat pups... He eats them without hesitation, but if I offer him anything bigger - even a weanling - he just balls up and hides. He's close to 400g, so I know he could eat something bigger.... sometimes they're just stubborn:rolleyes:.
 
Yay she ate!!

I have a pin het albino that didn't eat for two months after being shipped. I tried everything live mice, FT mice, FK mice, live rats, FT rats, FK rats and I almost went to gerbils when I decided to try one last thing... I have always used tongs for all of my snakes until I got one normal recently that would only eat a FT rat if I left it on the floor and left her alone. She would not strike it and just eat it like she had already killed it. So I tried this with my girl and she woulnd't eat it all day... then as soon as the son set and the lights were off POOF, it vanished. I could have cried I was so happy LOL. But now she will only eat a FT rat during/after sunset when left unattended. Both of these girls will not kill a live rat nor strike at a dead one. They just casually find it, open up and eat it.

For younger hatchlings, I have had success just leaving hoppers in their hides and I usually find them gone in the morning.
 
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