Advice please: Curious is not eating :-(

[Zephyr]

However, I will say this:
Males appear to be harder to "fatten up." My males always look skinny compared to the females, and it seems harder to get them larger.

[adamanteus]

Absolutely! My females dwarf my males!

[Zephyr]

Absolutely! My females dwarf my males!

And the weird thing is that I could give one of my males 3 pinks and one of my females 3 pinks, and 5 days later, the female will have gained an inch and a few ounces, while the male looks the same, maybe even skinnier! :O

[Lori P]

Gosh, this makes me think I have Miriam and Mordecai reversed... she is so tiny, but she eats more than he does now. She ate three pinks today, for the first time in her life!! :-) And lately he's just been eating one or two, yet still growing like crazy.

[adamanteus]

But if you watch them, don't you find your males are always on the move... constantly cruising? I guess they burn off the calories!

[Zephyr]

But if you watch them, don't you find your males are always on the move... constantly cruising? I guess they burn off the calories!

Heh, no. My males are almost always hiding under the newspaper, while the females are always out basking or fishing.

[adamanteus]

Mine seem different... My males seem to move around 'pointlessly', whereas my females (whilst visible and basking) are more sedentary.

[Stefan-A]

My male would follow the female around, doing whatever she did. But he did do a bit more cruising than the female.

[anji1971]

Lori,
Glad to see Curious is eating again! Hopefully the next tubing won't undo it all again-- fingers crossed!

[Lori P]

Thanks Anji! I'll let the vet know what happened so hopefully they can try to be more careful. It's hard with such little snakes, I know.