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Leedxmg
Hatchling
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 Posted - 02/08/2012 : 01:27:59
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A month and a half ago I bought a 2011 female cinnamon royal, the woman who I bought it from (who had a ton of royals) showed me her feeding records and explained that she had been off feed for about a month now. She was housed in a tiny rub so she was nice and secure but now she is in a bigger rub which I have noticed may be causing the problem. However she has plenty of hides and dark corners to hide away in so I don't see a big issue with that.
Every time I go to feed her she wiggles over, curls back like she's going to eat it, then turns away and goes walkies around the viv. If I follow her with the mouse she strikes at it but not coiling as if to say stay away..
I've tryed everything I can think of, mouse sizes, moving her to a plain rub to eat in, braining but im not sure if she's just 'off-feed'
Shes lost only 15g in 2and a half month so I'm not too worried but some advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks |
0.1.0 Chilean Rose - Sally
1.0.0 Pink-Toe - Penelope
0.0.1 Purple Pink-Toe - Poppy
0.1.0 Mexican Red-Rump - Audrey
0.1.0 Mexican Red-Knee - Jazz
0.0.1 Chaco Golden-Knee
0.0.1 Giant White Knee
1.0.0 Carolina Corn - Barry
1.0.0 Royal Python - Ralph
0.1.0 Cinnamon - Rita
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boomslang
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2025 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2012 : 01:45:57
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Whats her total weight? and what size rub is she in now? did you try heating up the mice?
And was the lady feeding her mice or rats when you got her? |
1.0.0 pinstripe Royal Python
1.0.0 Bumblebee Royal Python
1.0.0 Normal corn
1.0.0 Extreme red Hognose
0.1.0 Extreme red tiger Hognose
1.1.0 yemen chameleons
1.0.0 Piebald yemen
1.0.0 Tamatave panther
1.0.0 Quadricornis
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badwool
Sub Adult
658 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2012 : 08:54:04
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| Did you leave it on over night? |
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jebus
Yearling
United Kingdom
322 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2012 : 22:49:38
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My Spider is doing the same thing on and off, she ate like a trooper to around 190g when i got her for around a month,
and ever since she might take 4 feeds in a row, then off for 5 on for 1 off for 4, she just takes random notions :s
She is lively most nights her temps are fine, dono whats wrong with her, shes stayed the same weight for the last 2-3 months now :(
i want her to eat to grow big and strong :-/ |
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acd1984
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
687 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 17:47:33
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royals can be a pain lol, firstly keep a check on the weight and if in doubt go to the vet, try different food and also different conditions i.e lights off, tv off, or on if you already do, my first royal couldnt be bothered eating until he had been out for armchair walkies (hes lazy and weird like me :) )
also (could be coincidence) but both my adults have started eating again just a couple of weeks after giving them reptile vitamins (always read the instructions) |
1.0.0 Lesser - Helios
2.0.0 Normal - George & Kairo
1.0.0 Mojave - Bolt
0.1.0 Mojave - Roxi
1.0.0 Leopard Gecko - Leo
0.0.1 Crocodile gecko - Pheonix
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2012 : 00:40:03
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| I got a Gecko eating using Nutrabal too. It was a last resort as it was possibly a bit too small to accurately dose but it seemed to do the trick and now he eats most of his food pretty much all of the time. |
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Troublesome feeder :(
