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WooooHoooo She ate!!!

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My female ball Goldie finally ate after nearly a year since her last meal she ate on her own, I tried everything to get her to eat every trick in the book, I think what did it was a simple change in bedding from chips to newspaper.. The week after I did that I threw in a live mouse and gave her some privacy for about 30 min and when I returned it was gone.. Just two little mouse turds in the middle of the cage. I thought maybe it was hiding but after I emptied it out, no mouse then I caught a glimpse of Goldie as she realigned her jaw.. That was the obvious clue she whoofed it down.. YES!!!!! I immediatly called the pet store and reserved every gray colored mouse they had.. I would like to feed her Rat pups but they are hard to get live up here and the pet store owner loves rats for some reason so she is a little hesitant to let a bunch of babies go.. Goldie never would take frozen thawed, she was raised on live Rat Pups by the previous owner and I couldn't get her to take thawed ones so i guess I am stuck feeding multiple mice per week..But either way what a relief!!
 
Congrats - I know how frustrating it can be when a snake won't eat and the feeling when it finally does. It's possible, now that it has broken the ice (so to speak), it will be less picky.
 
HOW MUCH WEIGHT DID SHE LOSE IN A YEAR? Personally I would not have had the courage to wait that long without taking her to the vet. I've heard that six months is too long and deserves force feeding. A year is a long time and is the extreme. You have extreme patience and guts man!!!! LOL
 
Ed be careful about overfeeding this guy. Not that 2 mice is too much but I didn't know if your plans were to feed him every few hours.
 
She was purchased at about 18 months old a year ago.. Was fat and eating very well when purchased, after I purchesed her she just went into a no eating routine..I tried all the tricks, The vet gave her a clean bill of health after about 6 months and said if I force fed her it may kick in her appetite, I had her on a force program with small meals twice a week for about 6 weeks... It worked.. She lost about 1/4 her body weight all together..She is about 2 1/2 years old right now, the first thing I forced her was a pinkie rat... then the next time two pinkie rats.. That continued until I was confident enough to give her a Rat pup.. That happened twice and now she is eating on her own... I by no means recommend force feeding unless under a vets supervision the first time. Of course I offered meals each and every time before I would force her to see if she would take it on her own.. She never did, all I ended up with was a bunch of dead mice I killed myself.. AGAIN Get a vet to look at your snake before you even think about Force Feeding.. It wasn't hard but If there were a health issue I think you could compound the problem..
 
kmurphy.

The mice were pretty petite..I know, I won't be feeding her again for at least 5 days and I will offer the same deal, one then the next.. She is not small by any means..
 
congrats! good luck getting her to stay on mice. it can be a real pain to get the pile of mice for the larger guys to eat, but it is worth it to see them eating on a good schedule!

my male has stepped up to about 3-4 mice per fedding, it's getting ridiculous... :p
 
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