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| Mamma |
Posted - 13/05/2011 : 13:29:14
Well I have had Rocco now for 3 weeks. I was told he feeds fine... however I was told he was about 18 months old. I perhaps think he is younger than that. I weighed him last week and he is 337g, and he's not that long length wise. So I suspect he is quite young.
I have tried twice to feed him but he was not interested and shied away from the feed completely. I left the feed for him etc over night and he just wouldnt eat.
I read up on here about possible things to help them settle in more, in hopes of getting him to feed, and so came across a post which suggested covering him in darkness...hopefully letting him settle. So I did this and left him for a week.
Today I tried again to feed him. I immediately saw a difference in the feed this time as he was sniffing the rat pup and follwing it. Then BAM he struck!  But then he spat it out  He started shying away again, and so I sliced the rat pup slightly at the neck after reading that suggestion here in the forums. He has started sniffing it etc again.
After an hr of him sniffing etc he seems to have given up again I have put it into his dark hide he likes to sleep in and I have covered him up again into darkness. Hopefully he may go back to it.
I got a photo of him with it in his mouth but I apologise as he caught me off guard and its a little blurry  This surely is a step forward?
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| Mamma |
Posted - 13/05/2011 : 23:26:59
Thank you very much. xx |
| stumpy |
Posted - 13/05/2011 : 19:40:31
Zuri when weighed last weeks is 352grams he is a late cb10 which i think he is about 8 months old length about 2.1/2 feet, so I would think he is a lot younger. I feed him on weaner rats every 5 days, although he refused today (first time) Hope it all goes ok for you |
| MrsA82 |
Posted - 13/05/2011 : 14:22:37
Well it's a good sign |
| Mamma |
Posted - 13/05/2011 : 14:12:02
I will give it a shot next week, I will go tomorrow and buy him a bigger rat to feed on for then. Until then I shall leave him covered in darkness etc again. Thank you so much  I am optomistic that things might be looking up. Even if he just takes one feed then for some reason reverts back to not feeding again then I will still be less anxious about feeding . Thank you again xx |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 13/05/2011 : 14:09:04
Well you've probably read 10%-15% of bodyweight and / or the same size as the thickest part of his body. :) |
| Mamma |
Posted - 13/05/2011 : 13:43:49
Thank you very much for your reply. I had also read on here that smaller feeds could be tried too, which is why I tried the rat pup... just to see if downsizing would entice him. But what size do you think I should be trying him on? Thank you xx |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 13/05/2011 : 13:41:20
Looks promising :D
However the food does look very small for him maybe a bigger juicy rat would entice him more? |
