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| This is what our member has to say: well I know lilly is female (my vet comfirmed) and she is definatly looking chubby right now, maby if she is "gravid" this is the ... |
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02-02-2006, 09:11 PM
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well I know lilly is female (my vet comfirmed) and she is definatly looking chubby right now, maby if she is "gravid" this is the reason she wants so much attention
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02-02-2006, 09:14 PM
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Have her eatign habbits changed at all? And have you noticed any digging? Gravid females will dig and have an appetite decrease...I was gonna say from the pic it looks like a female...shes a big girl!
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02-02-2006, 09:19 PM
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well her appitite hasnt realy change but the types of food she will except has she realy has been into greenage and strawberrys and just the other day I alowed her to have some free rome time and she got into some fruit that was on the kitchen table she was eating a green banna, but that pic is my new one and I have no idea how old she is but she eats like a little pige 2 or 3 crickets a day and usualy some green beans
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02-02-2006, 09:24 PM
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only 2 or 3 crix? My adult female (19 inches) eats up to 40 crix a day
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02-02-2006, 09:26 PM
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realy 40 what size are they gut filled, yeah that new she eats two or 3 large crix a day and a lot of follage should I chage its diet
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02-02-2006, 09:33 PM
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large crix and yes they are gut loaded, I use organic Bird feed that my vet gave me for gutloading crix, as for her diest you should consider feeding whole prey..like pinkeys because they are a very important part of a WD diet...it should be as follows
40% insects (crix, mealworms, waxworms)
50% whole prey (pinkey mice..in your case fuzzy mice)
10% veggies/fruits
heres an example of what my adult female has eaten this week, I feed her every other day since shes an adult...
Tuesday, she ate about 37 large crix and 30 or so mealies(i lost count)
Today I fed her 20 large crix and 2 pinkeys because I didnt have any more fuzzies, usually she gets one fuzzy.
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02-02-2006, 09:36 PM
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okay judging buy that pick I have this new one should be eating fuzzys
man I feel bad I havent been giving lilly that much prey like pinkys only like once a week
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02-02-2006, 09:37 PM
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can I give them live small feeder mice?
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02-02-2006, 09:41 PM
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I think they will be too big, Id stick with fuzzies and use frozen/thawed...if you use live they mite bite back and cause injury..and dont feel bad lol...she looks great annd looks liek youve been doing a great job with her!
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02-02-2006, 09:45 PM
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well thanks right now I am not at home but when I get there I will snap a pic of lilly she is pretty fat and her blue side stripes are huge and vibrant, I will post it on this thread, hay about that dig box what should I do ?
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