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| krrbl123 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:07:17
Hi, my sons fire Royal has not eaten anything for 3 weeks and he is really panicing, any advise please on what to do, thank you |
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| Lotabob |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 20:00:25
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Originally posted by krrbl123
ah ok lol how long will they go then with out eating, do i still try every week
My Royal went 4 months, he stopped eating the beginning of August and got back on the food in January. He lost 2 grams in weight!
If nothing has changed in the setup and he is healthy etc then its quite likely to just be a seasonal thing that you may just have to get used to as its what they do unfortunately. I stopped offering weekly and switched to once a fortnight for the first month and then once every three weeks to avoid waste. |
| n/a |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:33:49
Ah, we overlapped - yup, sounds like normal mating season behaviour for an adult royal, bless him. |
| n/a |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:32:00
Yes indeed - my Shahi's last meal was on Halloween, but is your guy new and settling in? This can also be a cause of not eating for a while, but if your setup's ok, the royal will eventually settle and start to eat. Three weeks' non-eating for a royal is not too bad at all.
Good luck with him. |
| krrbl123 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:31:02
i will try and get a pic tomorrow but he normaly eats every week with out fail, he is 2 years old and we have had him a couple of months |
| krrbl123 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:29:00
ah ok lol how long will they go then with out eating, do i still try every week |
| markmifsud |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:25:41
royals fasting at this time of year is quite normal (breeding season lol) |
| anatess |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:09:49
Can you show us your set-up? 3 weeks is not too bad as long as the snake is not losing too much weight. See if you can find a scale that you can weigh your snake in and monitor his weight every week.
If you show us your set-up, we might be able to point out some changes you can do to get your snake eating... |
