Isis' diary.

[Bart]

Thanks! Izy isn't a baby anymore, but still, she isn't an adult obviously. That's why I asked. I wouldn't be worried about fat big female.

[RedSidedSPR]

My snake just ate for the first time in 3 freaking months!!!

5 days is not biggie.

[nickermaker87]

Lol, I like how you got stuck having to keep a feeder mouse. We caught a Mormon racer awhile back that would not eat, so his potential meal became a pet (we took the racer back to where we found him and turned him back out). Our baby snow corn decided she didn't like pinkies, so we got a green anole purely for the purpose of scenting pinkies for her, then sending him on his way once she was eating again. Well, scenting worked on the first try, and he was so cute that we got him a girlfriend and set up a nice permanent habitat for him. Ha. Damn feeders all have to be so endearing.

[Bart]

Izy still doesn't eat properly. A few days ago she ate a small worm and today she hunted down and has ate a swordtail, but that's it. Hope she'll get her usual apetite soon!

[RedSidedSPR]

I don't think it's anything to worry about. I'm sure shell come out of it.

[ConcinusMan]

No biggie. Just about any well fed snake is going to go through times, sometimes lasting a month or more, when it just doesn't want or need to eat. Especially in mid summer or when the day length is getting shorter (which it is right now) It's normal.

[Bart]

Still, she's quite young. She's 48 cm...

[ConcinusMan]

Sounds like just the right time for this. Perfectly normal for them to eat like pigs and grow very fast up until around this point. Then a long fast or barely eating and slowed growth. After a month or two, they start up again and growth/eating increases. It's really just a natural cycle. Normally they would brumate during the lull but it's not absolutely necessary. I wouldn't worry. This might last a month or two but eating and growth will pick up again.

[Bart]

So my girls at last have a new home. It seems Izy likes it, because she immediately ate a worm. Kleo's OK too, but she haven't eaten offered swordtail (live one!) - she ate a few days ago enormous hopper though, so it isn't a strange nor bad thing.
They are OK with each other, can't see any aggresion between them. Sometimes they even curl around themselves.

Amon's still fasting. In a hardcore way - Lucky the Mouse spent a whole night with him and has survived this experiment.







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[RedSidedSPR]

Awesome! Do they like eachother?