This is a good thread, hopefully it will stop people from worrying so much about the natural fasts that Royals are prone to.
thats true be,it reasures you that your not alone,my local rep shop said thats all he's been hearing from royal owners and a few other snake owners is that there having trouble getting their snakes to feed and he has one in the shop that has not fed for 3 months,just stick with it and they will come round
That's me half out the club, managed to get Nyoka to take a feed, tried GP's method in the end and she struck! Which she ain't done for a while, so very pleased. Just got to get Nelson to feed now.
YAY!!!! That's me out the club now. Nelson just took his feed too, couldn't even wait for the lid to come of his vivacious and he'd struck and ended up dangling in mid air whilst I placed him back in.
Not really a fully fledged member, but I offered Sid a roland the other night not realising he was in shed (he tends to be a bit fussy so I was dangling it in front of his hide) and when he struck out from underneath he was all bluey eyed. Although he did strike, I think he gave up because I found the roland half chewed up in the corner of the faun later on.
I'll leave it til after shed and hopefully he'll go back to his usual greedy ways.
Sofia's gone 3 weeks now, my fault though, I think, because I've gone from night time to trying morning feeds. Looks like I've been deposed as the ruler of my house!!!
0.2.0 Cats (Spud & Phoebe) RIP Stevie fat man 1.1.0 Royals (Syd & Sofia) 2.2.3 Corns (Hogan, Shaggy, Sparkle, Tango, Fred, Haribo & Go Faster) 0.0.1 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Escobar) 1.1.0 Variable King Snakes (Lancelot & Guinaverre) 0.0.20 Fish
Sofia's gone 3 weeks now, my fault though, I think, because I've gone from night time to trying morning feeds. Looks like I've been deposed as the ruler of my house!!!
If i feed daytime, it is generally late afternoon, but i normally feed at night, i am only doing what i think they would in the wild and thats to feed when its dark or getting to dusk.
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Thanks wolf, there's been a few changes in the snake shack as well so she's probably a bit stressed, I'll leave it 7 days settling in time as I did previously & try again AT NIGHT!
0.2.0 Cats (Spud & Phoebe) RIP Stevie fat man 1.1.0 Royals (Syd & Sofia) 2.2.3 Corns (Hogan, Shaggy, Sparkle, Tango, Fred, Haribo & Go Faster) 0.0.1 Columbian Rainbow Boa (Escobar) 1.1.0 Variable King Snakes (Lancelot & Guinaverre) 0.0.20 Fish
im back in again,offered weaners last 2 weeks,no interest at all.He probably take mice but i dont know if to wait it out and keep him on rats,what you lot think,give him mice for now or hold out?
Yeah when Sid stopped I was tempted to try him with a mouse but I was worried he'd just not eat rats again, like BE said, unless it is affecting his health I'd stick to rats.
Well, not sure if I am going to be joining this club or not. It`s now 12 days since Grace fed, but it is only 4 days since she shed, so I think it is because of her recent shedding that she has not eaten. I will therefore leave off joining this exclusive club for a few more days :-)
I dont know if this is tempting fate, but i must be very lucky, cos Peanut is dying for food, and the only time he has missed was when he was ill...now he is three days away from being fed and each time i go in to give him his meds his head is out before i have the viv open..think he is hungry. I hope all your non feeders eat soon.
"No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." -- Source Unknown
Non feeding club
Posted - 25/02/2009 : 13:37:27
