TigerCoastal
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I was feeding my coastals the other night and my large male gets an xl rat and a large rat. For hides in his enclosure i have some plastic pots that i have used my hole saws and put a few different sized holes in. He has had these hides for the last year and a half, and i made sure that i put holes that would be big enough for him as an adult as well as ones that were a little smaller.
When i went to feed the second rat, he had already retreated to his hide so i attempted to lure him out of the largest hole in the hide to feed him. The dopey bugger came out the smallest hole in the hide like a rocket, got to the bulge in his belly, and dragged the hide across the enclosure to the open door where it hit the litter dam and wedged him in the hole. He had the second rat in his mouth and there was no way i could get near him to try to remove him from the hide, i tried once when he had the rat almost half way in and he spat it out to try for a bigger meal. So i let him finish the rat, moved the hide to the middle of the enclosure and left him.
He was still stuck the next morning, but body temps were around normal and he didnt look distressed so i left him to digest. By the next morning (today) he had digested enough to get out without any help and was sitting up on his perch. I have now removed these hides from my enclosures and modified them so that they have an open bottom to the entry's to stop this happening again.
When i went to feed the second rat, he had already retreated to his hide so i attempted to lure him out of the largest hole in the hide to feed him. The dopey bugger came out the smallest hole in the hide like a rocket, got to the bulge in his belly, and dragged the hide across the enclosure to the open door where it hit the litter dam and wedged him in the hole. He had the second rat in his mouth and there was no way i could get near him to try to remove him from the hide, i tried once when he had the rat almost half way in and he spat it out to try for a bigger meal. So i let him finish the rat, moved the hide to the middle of the enclosure and left him.
He was still stuck the next morning, but body temps were around normal and he didnt look distressed so i left him to digest. By the next morning (today) he had digested enough to get out without any help and was sitting up on his perch. I have now removed these hides from my enclosures and modified them so that they have an open bottom to the entry's to stop this happening again.