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05-05-2008, 06:04 PM
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Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
Yup! My ball python, Dexter finally decided to eat on Saturday. I had just redone his enclosure. Got rid of the wood chips. Using papertowels again. But I gave him a humidity box. He loves it! Climbed right in as soon as I put him back in his tank.
Then I dropped in a small thawed rat. He sniffed it but left it alone. But when I came back home after running some errands, it was gone!
What is strange is that, on Sunday, he was Mr. Activity. Sniffing the screen top. Having a staring contest with my one cat. Climbing in and out of his new humidity box.
Usually, after a meal, he is very lethargic for a few days while he digests. I don't take him out so I don't upset his tummy.
I THINK, but am not sure, that, after his long sabbatical, he was hungry enough for Thanksgiving Dinner and all I offered was a midnight snack.
I'm planning on offering food again this weekend.
Any opinions? Should I offer sooner? Do you think that's what was going on?
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05-05-2008, 06:07 PM
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
Congrats!! I would keep it on a weeks pace and at a consistency.
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05-06-2008, 11:26 AM
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
Good to hear. I too would give a week before next feeding.
Don't want to overfeed and have both come back to you!
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05-06-2008, 11:33 AM
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
I just can't believe how......busy.....he's been since he ate and I gave him the humidity box. He's in it. He's on it. He's on this side of the tank. He's on that side of the tank. He's examining the top. He's staring at the cats. He's really become Mr. Busy in the past couple days!
I'd say it's because he just ate, but he was never this busy after eating before. Do you think it could be the positive benefits of the humidity box?
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05-06-2008, 01:30 PM
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
Call me dumb but..what is a humidity box?
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05-06-2008, 01:43 PM
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
it is a small usually plastic box that is lined with moist (not wet) paper towels or moss or something like that which has a hole cut into it so the snake can get in and out oft. It is a place they can hide that has increased humidity.
I use a plastic quart sized soup container from when we got chinese food that has been cleaned out really well with paper towels lined all around it. I change the paper towels regularly and keep it misted in there so it stays a bit more humid than the tank itself. Monty loves it!
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05-06-2008, 01:55 PM
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
Hers a link to how to do one for Leopard Geckos. You just make it bigger for your snakes.
For BPs I like to use long fiber sphagnum moss.
Edit: The dummy forgot to put in the link!
Simple Moist Hide Creation - Reptile Information - Caresheets Database
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05-06-2008, 02:18 PM
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
Merlin, I'm using coconut fiber (that "bed-a-beast" stuff that comes in blocks?). IS that okay?
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05-06-2008, 02:28 PM
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
I don't see why not.
I have never used it myself.
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Re: Extra! Extra! Hunger Strike Finally Ends!
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Originally Posted by jinx.13
I just can't believe how......busy.....he's been since he ate and I gave him the humidity box. He's in it. He's on it. He's on this side of the tank. He's on that side of the tank. He's examining the top. He's staring at the cats. He's really become Mr. Busy in the past couple days!
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Sounds just like my ball gizmo...except we dont have cats to stare at lol... Mine just got over his hunger strike mid last month and has been "cruizin" ever since....
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