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| Aaronjg |
Posted - 26/08/2010 : 00:16:42
My royal seems ok but he`s spending all of his time under the warm hide in a ball. i took him out the other day jus to check him and i put him under the heat buld and he jus stayed there curled up is this due to stress or what i think he`s ok but its strange he isnt going back under his hide? |
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| Solkan |
Posted - 23/09/2010 : 21:38:31
Ok so i just tried a strike feed and not much for 2 mins then the mouse slips out my fingers.
Literally 3 seconds later he's got his head out of the hide and above the food,so i had to leave it.
I had paper down but after a few minutes checking it out he grabs the head and drags it back into the hide where it's just substrate :(
Oh well atleast he's a gannet :)
Although i was trying him on large mice today,so i hope he got it down.I can see his nose out the front again so he was real quick if he managed it. |
| Solkan |
Posted - 23/09/2010 : 15:09:43
Will do :)
I'll try and get a few pictures on Sunday when i try and handle him again :) |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 23/09/2010 : 14:58:25
He'll probably feed after a bit of persistence, took valhalla 3 attempts before she ate in front of me, and then a 4th before she struck for it :)
Keep us updated on how he's doing :) |
| Solkan |
Posted - 23/09/2010 : 13:59:00
Yeah i placed a square of paper on top on the substrate and left it overnight,but i wanna get him to eat infront of me.
I'd prefer not to take him out to feed atm as i was told he wasn't handled that much and i didn't want to stress him out by removing him to feed or as was suggested by a friend.....remove anything that gets caught up on the fur as he's eating :(
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| Kelfezond |
Posted - 23/09/2010 : 13:44:15
Yeah I fed Valhalla the first time inside the viv as to not stress her out as well, I just placed something over the substrate and places the mouse on that. Doesn't seem to matter with her though as the first thing she does with her mice are lift them into the air and eat them suspended above the ground anyway. |
| Solkan |
Posted - 23/09/2010 : 10:57:14
Hehe and i thank you for that :)
I'm using an plain bagged aspen which the bloke at the supplies place uses for his royals,and he said he feeds inside the viv but i did wonder about feeding outside.
Just didn't want to handle him too much just yet until he's settled in till atleast the weekend. |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 23/09/2010 : 10:45:40
I think it depends on a few factors such as the substrate you're using, only reason I take Valhalla out to feed is that she has bark and chippings in her viv which could be taken in with the mouse by an accident.
I've heard that if you take them out of the viv they won't associate your hand coming in to handle her with your hand coming in to feed her but I'm not sure how much truth is to that.
Also: Woohoo! the first piece of knowledge I've departed onto somebody  |
| Solkan |
Posted - 23/09/2010 : 10:12:14
Ok so i tried to feed last thursday which had mixed fortunes,i tried to get him to strike which i nearly did but as i had the incorrect tongs i kept dropping it and he went back into his hide.
I decided to leave it overnight just incase and it was gone when i woke up :)
He's mostly hid up in the evening but at about 23.00 he sticks his head out for a few minutes then dissapears back in,so all normal behaviour it seems.
On a side note i handled him for the first time on Sunday which was fine up until i put hi back in 20 min later,as he decided to have a little strike at me when i moved my hand across the front of the viv.
Probably my fault but i've decided to not handle him again until this Sunday,assuming he eats tonight i'll have given him 2 weeks to settle in with only the one handling.
However i am unsure about a few strike feeding details such as,do i need to have him out of the hide when i feed?
Also he hasn't pooped or shed since i got him home,although i only got him 2 weeks this sunday.And i always seem to get 2 or 3 yawns out of him when he first appears of an evening but i see no signs of R.I so i'm hoping he's just having a yawn :) |
| anatess |
Posted - 20/09/2010 : 22:02:15
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Originally posted by BurnedAtTheStake
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Originally posted by anatess
Royals are boring pets. They do nothing much but hide 90% of the time. And when they do come out they usually wait until the room is super quiet and dark. That's the normal behavior of royals.
I'd be more worried if they're cruising around the viv a lot. That's an indicator of a stressed royal.
Or a sign of feeding time due...
True that! |
| n/a |
Posted - 20/09/2010 : 21:44:39
quote:
Originally posted by anatess
Royals are boring pets. They do nothing much but hide 90% of the time. And when they do come out they usually wait until the room is super quiet and dark. That's the normal behavior of royals.
I'd be more worried if they're cruising around the viv a lot. That's an indicator of a stressed royal.
Or a sign of feeding time due... |
| anatess |
Posted - 20/09/2010 : 14:03:57
Royals are boring pets. They do nothing much but hide 90% of the time. And when they do come out they usually wait until the room is super quiet and dark. That's the normal behavior of royals.
I'd be more worried if they're cruising around the viv a lot. That's an indicator of a stressed royal. |
| Snecklifter |
Posted - 17/09/2010 : 13:31:06
They're all different I guess, apart from a couple of hours hiding after we got him home from the store, ours has been a model pet, feeds, sheds and poops like an automaton. You read this and that about not handling too much etc and I suppose thats a good guide, but for example, most evenings, mine is out and tapping on the glass virtually demanding to be taken out, and apart from two days after feeding, we usually oblidge. Seems happy as the proverbial and I can't ask for better than that. |
| Solkan |
Posted - 16/09/2010 : 07:58:06
He was out lastnight....yay :)
Although he went and hid in the cool end this time,but decided to rest his head on the side of his waterbowl and sit staring at me for 20 minutes.
I think he may be hungry :) |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 15/09/2010 : 18:44:59
He's fine, don't worry |
| Solkan |
Posted - 15/09/2010 : 13:53:34
I think it's because i'm still holding back handling him until i try and feed him tomorrow.although that will be his first feed as i only got him Sunday.
Just want to know he's ok and make sure he's not going into shed like someone suggested to me today but as i've not seen him i worry........i'm a worrier
Plus i found out today that someone who works for another branch of my company breeds royals and could have sold me a Bummblebee or a spider...........if only i'd have known,although he says he's only got a ghost and a spider/ghost het (or otherway around)female and male pair for £650 said they'd produce honeybee's or something like that :)
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| Welly |
Posted - 15/09/2010 : 12:06:27
Bare in mind they are most active in the still of night so although you don't see them doesn't mean they are not active and drinking. |
| Solkan |
Posted - 15/09/2010 : 10:11:36
I'm having the same problem,i brought Syler home sunday and he had a good look around before hiding up.
He came back out about 10 p.m but since then has decided to stay camped up behind his hide on the hot end under some plants.
I was abit worried as he doesn't seem to have drunk anything or moved at all but as the store owner said he's eaten thursday i was gonna try him on something tomorrow to see if he comes out.
My ambient temp is at about 85 with the sensor abot 3 inches of the substrate in about the middle of the viv.
I'm using a ceramic heater if that makes a difference and i haven't handled him yet as i was told to wait until he feeds then another 48 hrs. |
| Aaronjg |
Posted - 26/08/2010 : 23:35:52
thanks he`s two years old and the other i bought wasnt very old at all it still ad the slit on its belly from the egg yolk and that died of stress but hopefully cos this one is older it wont stress out as much jus want to see if itll feed for me on sunday
Many thanks Aaron |
| n/a |
Posted - 26/08/2010 : 18:09:31
Hi, yes, they tend to 'freeze' - nothing to worry about - they are slow starters, and given a period to settle in he will be fine. Know it's nerve-wracking - have been through it all with mine - I got him a new hide today but daren't disturb him till tomorrow as he was fed on Wed. He'll be fine. He'll be dead quiet and withdrawn and then suddenly surprise you by rampaging round his viv! All the best! |
| Aaronjg |
Posted - 26/08/2010 : 11:03:00
ok ill leave him alone till sunday then try to feed him because he was supposed to be fed again today so hopefully he`ll be hungry if he doesnt take it ill try him again next sunday |
