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27-Dec-06, 03:31 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Sydney | | | My diamonds don't want to eat :(
I have gotten my diamonds about 5 weeks ago, (They are about 10/11 months old) and let them be for the week, didn;t handle them or anything.
I then took one out to put in a separate enclosure to feed it. I thawed the mouse and got it to a nice warm/hot temp and put it in the elcosure, left it there, wasn;t even remotely interested.
I tried just leaving it there or moving it in front of it. I tried this with all the 3 diamonds over the past 4 weeks and it didn't work.
I have also separated one and left it in the enclosure where I would give them food, and nothing.
I'm getting a bit worried  . Or is that normal? They are in a click clack enclosure with a heat mat underneath over about 1/3 of the enclosure with a water dish as well as hides, and a little branch. They seen pretty active at night, moving and climbing around.
I also tried a live fuzzie and found them cuddled up together in the morning : /
What else can I do?
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27-Dec-06, 06:39 PM
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Were they feeding on mice or rats when you got them?
Perhaps contact the previous owner and see how long since thet fed and on what?
Have you tried all the usual tricks braining the feed etc?Perhaps try the wiki section up the top.
Sorry, just some thought!! 
Had a laugh though when i read the mouse and snake where snuggled up together!!
But you should really leave it unwatched!!
Last edited by GSXR_Boy; 27-Dec-06 at 07:01 PM.
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27-Dec-06, 06:45 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Warwick, QLD | | | |
best avoid leaving live animals (rats/mice) in there mate, i've seen some pretty horrific pictures and read some nasty stories involving that.
How cold is it there in Sydney atm...? about 17-19 degrees during the day? My thinking is that it might be a little cold for them to want to eats... just a thought......
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27-Dec-06, 10:15 PM
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no its actually quiet warm in Sydney, and they do have a heat mat so that keeps them nice and warm.
Ye I know about the live mice but it was only a fuzzie I don;t think it would have harmed the snake? (it;s not something I would do, I thought that perhaps I was thawing the mice wrong and got them at the wrong temp hence the try for the live.)
The guy said he was getting them to feed on rats, they were apparently fed 9 days before my purchase and they did poo and that. I might try them on rats and see how that goes.
Do you think they would transfer onto rats and not accept mice any more so quickly?
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27-Dec-06, 10:18 PM
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are they all in the one click clack?
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27-Dec-06, 10:18 PM
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I have just checked the wiki, the only thing I haven;t tried is the chicken stock and braining, so I'll give that a go.
How long do you think they can go without food without affecting them in any way?
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27-Dec-06, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Ricko  are they all in the one click clack? | yes, but not for feeding. I would take one out on the day of the feeding into the feeding click clack, didn;t work. I thought maybe that's stressing them out so I actually had one diamond in the separate click clack for a week before trying to feed it again but same result.
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27-Dec-06, 10:22 PM
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I think you should really just put them all in seperate tubs.
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27-Dec-06, 10:24 PM
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Yes have them all in seperate tubs and feed them all in the seperate tubs mate.
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27-Dec-06, 10:28 PM
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just to clarify I never put any food in when there was more than one snake in the enclosure, so never fed together
I will get an extra click clack and separate the 2 that are together. One is already separate, but the thing that is concerning me is that even though one has been seperated it still won;t feed?
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27-Dec-06, 10:30 PM
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all in seperate tubs and feed them this way with rats the same as what has been fed to them b4. also if you have one refusing a feed dont try it every night after wait a week or so and try again. next thing to try would be a light box with the food item in it and the snake and leave it over night.
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27-Dec-06, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Ricko all in seperate tubs and feed them this way with rats the same as what has been fed to them b4. also if you have one refusing a feed dont try it every night after wait a week or so and try again. next thing to try would be a light box with the food item in it and the snake and leave it over night. | ye I'll get some rats tomorrow and separate the 2 that are not already separated and see how it goes.
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27-Dec-06, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dragozz just to clarify I never put any food in when there was more than one snake in the enclosure, so never fed together | If they are not seperate they might be stressed and not eating. Seperate them, then wait a week without touching them. Then give them a warm fuzzie and see if that works
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28-Dec-06, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by dragozz
How long do you think they can go without food without affecting them in any way?
| I read on here that one went for either 9 or 10 months without eating and was okay, but don't quote me!!!
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10-Jan-07, 05:27 PM
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finally!!!! one ate last night, I think they just needed the time to settle in.
One question, if say the mouse offered is bigger than what it was used to eating, will the python still go for it or not really?
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