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Red tail trouble
At the MARS show on saturday, among my new pets i picked up was a pair of 66% het albino red tail boas. Babies. Anyways the female will not eat...she seems interested as she will nose the mouse around but she wont eat. I don't think she is sick maybe stressed? i really dont want to brain a mouse...
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are you feeding her live or f/t?
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I have had this happen leave the rat in with her overnight and walk away without bothering her.
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yeah my red tail wont eat if you watch or even if she can see you
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Maybe she is just getting adjusted to her new home ? Did you offer food as soon as you got her ? Do you have them housed together ? Was it warm ?
Wait 5 - 7 days before offering another.
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I separated them for now. the male has been very hissy and bites anything that moves...he has calmed down since feeding. As far as the female....I moved her to a dark plastic tote and i have tried both live and f/t. I'll leave her there a few days...maybe she'll calm down. Oh an the male is in a 55 gallon tank. its a bit big for it but he seems to be okay with it were as i think the female was scared
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The female got out. I thought she was secure i had her in a 24 qu. sterilite tote and she just must have pushed the top up.....there that breeding project goes. She was only like 8in long and she had a million places she could've gone. I tore the house apart twice...Its been a long day. I wish you guys could've seen her....she was beautiful.
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just keep an eye out for her, she'll go in under couches, beds, cabinets, & heating ducts (any place warm & dark)
mine got out a few weeks ago, but she's just over 4ft so much easier to find.
And my ball got out and woke me up at like 6am by dropping off my wire-like bed frame onto my face (scared the living hell out of me)
best of luck to you.
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I just about spit my coffee all over my laptop I laughed so unexpectedly hard at that...Originally Posted by Pikey
@the enigma - DEFINITELY keep an eye out for her; you never know when she might turn up.
"Why do blessings always come in disguises? If I were a blessing, I'd run around naked."
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I'm sorry, the enigma .... They are the ultimate escape artists.
Years ago, one of my Ball Pythons got out. I just knew he got into the base boards and from there could travel all over. Over a 3-4 month time late summer, quite a few neighbors spotted him, told me, but didn't pick him up, instead came to my door as if they saw a ghost or something ....Uhhhh!
Anywayssssssss, I kept feeder mice back than and one extremely quiet night in the weeee hours, I saw something sticking out of the base boards near the feeder mice I kept on the floor next to the base boards (on purpose) and it was him ! Very skinny and he downed like seven mice when I finally got him out.
Don't give up. Try keeping some feeders on the floor next to something that is dark warm or cool as like Pikey said.
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