tastybeets
06-06-16, 04:07 PM
If anyone has advice or can assure me that I'm feeding properly, I'd greatly appreciate it!
Thursday was Alan's first scheduled feeding with me. His shed started in earnest just a few days earlier. Both Thurs and Sun when I attempted feedings after dark, he struck, but later abandoned the pinkie (f/t).
Thursday: His head was poking out of the substrate waiting. After striking, I placed him in open-lid tupperware still in his tub where he started to constrict. He abandoned it very shortly after.
Sunday: I cleared some substrate by his head and lowered the pinkie, he followed it for a couple minutes then struck. I left him in situ. He maintained a hold for 10 minutes without constricting before abandoning the pinkie.
I did read somewhere another keeper's KSBs would also strike and abandon mice during shed. Should I expect to just hold off on feeding him until his shed is completed or continue trying?
If you need this info:
Alan is around 8 or 9 inches.
He's on shredded aspen in an 18qt locking lid Sterilite tub with a Ultratherm UTH thermometer at 93F to 96F on the hot spot.
Low humidity, but I don't have a % available.
Small bowl of water always available opposite of the UTH.
Thursday was Alan's first scheduled feeding with me. His shed started in earnest just a few days earlier. Both Thurs and Sun when I attempted feedings after dark, he struck, but later abandoned the pinkie (f/t).
Thursday: His head was poking out of the substrate waiting. After striking, I placed him in open-lid tupperware still in his tub where he started to constrict. He abandoned it very shortly after.
Sunday: I cleared some substrate by his head and lowered the pinkie, he followed it for a couple minutes then struck. I left him in situ. He maintained a hold for 10 minutes without constricting before abandoning the pinkie.
I did read somewhere another keeper's KSBs would also strike and abandon mice during shed. Should I expect to just hold off on feeding him until his shed is completed or continue trying?
If you need this info:
Alan is around 8 or 9 inches.
He's on shredded aspen in an 18qt locking lid Sterilite tub with a Ultratherm UTH thermometer at 93F to 96F on the hot spot.
Low humidity, but I don't have a % available.
Small bowl of water always available opposite of the UTH.