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02-May-08, 08:07 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Orange, 2800 Age/Gender: 21  | | | | He was due for a feed a couple of days after i got him, so i thought id try on the day and he took to it pretty quick, like i said, mine is a figit and as far as ive discovered he is also a garbage guts. He is out again roaming around. I know i shouldnt handle him, but everytime i take the lid off he slowly makes a break for it so i have to pick him off the edge to put him back in. No fear i swear. |
02-May-08, 08:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Mine was due for a feed today. Offered rat to him but not interested. Figured he must be either still settling in or he is getting ready to shed (the shop said he's about due). Oh well guess we will leave him a few days and try again. |
02-May-08, 08:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Orange, 2800 Age/Gender: 21 | | | | I thought the idea of a giant arm approaching him might be a little scary, so i got some 'peircing' tongs, as im a tattooist, so i pinched a plastic pair and put the rat in his enclosure when he wasnt looking, and then jiggled it a bit to get his attention, and bam! |
02-May-08, 08:29 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 23 | | | | I was told not to do that as they can get too excited and injure themselves when they bite tongs, so we just left it on his log, which is how he has been fed previously. But he wasnt interested, oh well maybe next time. What is your temp in his click clack?
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02-May-08, 08:48 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Orange, 2800 Age/Gender: 21 | | | | Heat mat is about 32C, cold end about 20C, yeah i got the plastic ones cos i thought metal would be bad, but the plastic is kinda softish, and i only hold the very tip of the tail with them. |
02-May-08, 08:58 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 23 | | | Our tank is 6ft, 30ish at one end 22ish at the other, no heating at night. Hope he isnt cold. I guess he'll eat when he gets hungry
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02-May-08, 09:24 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Newcastle Age/Gender: 25  | | | Sarah m. Must say stunning BHP you have. Congratulations. I would try bump up the temps a little. I keep BHP at 34 - 28 degrees C all the time unless cooling for breeding. Warmer temps may help to gain a better feeding interest and will aid digestion. |
02-May-08, 09:27 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Thanks Ewan, was wondering that. Will turn it up a few deg. and see if he is interested then.
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02-May-08, 09:35 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Newcastle Age/Gender: 25 | | | | No worries! Don't be worried if it doesn't feed right away. I have had snakes that will feed the next night after moving and some that take months to feed again. Keep the temps maintained and minimalise stress and you will have a good environment for it to feed. |
02-May-08, 09:43 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 23 | | | | just quickly, by all the time do you mean at night too?
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03-May-08, 07:02 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Newcastle Age/Gender: 25 | | | | In winter I keep night heat going. If I was cooling for breeding I would not. IMO it depends a lot on the temperatures around your enclosure. In Melbourne, during this cold weather, I would be running night heat especially before and after feeding. I believe if it gets too cold at night for an extended period of time a snake may go of its food if it knows it won't get the temperatures it needs for digestion. |
14-May-08, 11:57 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Orange, 2800 Age/Gender: 21 | | | | How is your little fella doing? Remember i said mine was a garbage guts?, well it gets a bit scaryier every week as he acts like a shark in a feeding frenzy and lunges at anything that moves, including my shadow and his own but. Ha ha,
I am handling mine now and he hasnt tried to strike once, and he wiggles his tail occaisionally! So cute.
I think i might be one of those lucky ones that dont have many issues. Well heres hoping anyways. | | |
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