Tempest404
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hot zone 31 (day) 28 (night) also heated hide option @ (36-40 constant, doesn't effect ambient temps, so left on in the event its wanted) cool zone in the low twenties (21-24)
UV fluro on timer for day night, Black/Blue 150watt for primary heat source
substrate: critter crumble (don't see how it would be relevent)
3 hides available one in temperate, cool, and heated
feeding on fuzzies (could go up to weaners soon)
8mnths old (guessing based on remembered hatch date)
fed on a weekly cycle
last fed 2 weeks ago, before that 2 week gap to eating as refused food
Problem:
Never had an issue with him feeding before, smashed dinner as soon as he saw it.
had first issue when I gave him a quail (was wanting to give them variety) and it took being defrosted with a rat to get him to take it. cycling between the two over a 5 week period till out of quail and no problems (defrosted with rat quail combo each time as feeding his brother aswell)
upgraded to fuzzies after all eaten, no problems with first 2, then all of a sudden nothing, sniffs it but no strike unless you basically attack him with the food. no problems at all with his brother
Behaviour wise he's stopped sitting under the lamp on the branch and just hide hops, doesn't touch the heated hide unless with a full belly (used to spend some time in there)
Wondering if it's stress related? if he's decided to be a picky eater? or if some things wrong.....
plan of action at this point:
I was going to leave him for a fortnight no food, no handling, just change his water and try again then and see if there's improvement. make him hungry and try to reduce stress
Opinions??
NOTE: his growth rate in response to food has been freaking ridiculous, fed on a matching routine to his brother he's an easy 3" longer and definitely thicker. Older pic of click clack attached, blub has changed and roll swapped for something more suited but set up internally the same.
UV fluro on timer for day night, Black/Blue 150watt for primary heat source
substrate: critter crumble (don't see how it would be relevent)
3 hides available one in temperate, cool, and heated
feeding on fuzzies (could go up to weaners soon)
8mnths old (guessing based on remembered hatch date)
fed on a weekly cycle
last fed 2 weeks ago, before that 2 week gap to eating as refused food
Problem:
Never had an issue with him feeding before, smashed dinner as soon as he saw it.
had first issue when I gave him a quail (was wanting to give them variety) and it took being defrosted with a rat to get him to take it. cycling between the two over a 5 week period till out of quail and no problems (defrosted with rat quail combo each time as feeding his brother aswell)
upgraded to fuzzies after all eaten, no problems with first 2, then all of a sudden nothing, sniffs it but no strike unless you basically attack him with the food. no problems at all with his brother
Behaviour wise he's stopped sitting under the lamp on the branch and just hide hops, doesn't touch the heated hide unless with a full belly (used to spend some time in there)
Wondering if it's stress related? if he's decided to be a picky eater? or if some things wrong.....
plan of action at this point:
I was going to leave him for a fortnight no food, no handling, just change his water and try again then and see if there's improvement. make him hungry and try to reduce stress
Opinions??
NOTE: his growth rate in response to food has been freaking ridiculous, fed on a matching routine to his brother he's an easy 3" longer and definitely thicker. Older pic of click clack attached, blub has changed and roll swapped for something more suited but set up internally the same.
