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05-25-11, 04:35 PM
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Finaly!!!
YES! finaly hershy decided to eat for me for the first time since i got him.. wich was early feburary... i was starting to get really worried! plus he is moving in and out of his hide quite regularly  im happy hes getting more comfortable!
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05-25-11, 05:17 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
Cool - first feeds are always a good feeling!!
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05-25-11, 05:36 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
Woot, grats
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05-27-11, 04:57 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
Yeah, it's relieving to see them feed they go without eating, or move or whatever, it's good.
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05-27-11, 07:54 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
share with us for future reference what you tried differently this time...my 2 year old female BP went 3 weeks off feed and I finally tried a Live Md Mouse and she fed. I tried for 3 weeks with different colored small rats and even tried male/female differences. The live mouse worked because I think it reminded her instincts more of an ASF.......share with us your struggle and follow through.
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05-27-11, 08:00 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
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Originally Posted by paulholcomb
share with us for future reference what you tried differently this time...my 2 year old female BP went 3 weeks off feed and I finally tried a Live Md Mouse and she fed. I tried for 3 weeks with different colored small rats and even tried male/female differences. The live mouse worked because I think it reminded her instincts more of an ASF.......share with us your struggle and follow through.
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3 weeks is nothing to worry about, I've had snakes go off feed for almost a year without any issues, and others have had longer.
Colour/gender have nothing to do with it, just wait they will get hungry.
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05-27-11, 08:46 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
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Originally Posted by paulholcomb
I think it reminded her instincts more of an ASF......
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I didn't think that ASF were part of ball pythons diet...
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05-27-11, 08:51 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
They aren't, same with savs.
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05-27-11, 08:54 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
ASFs are noted as one of the largest parts of BP's natural diet!!
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05-27-11, 08:56 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
What ASF are from India and such
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05-27-11, 08:58 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
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Originally Posted by jay0133
What ASF are from India and such
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What does "ASF" stand for in your referral?
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05-27-11, 08:57 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
I've done some extensive research and in a bunch of the books I've been reading it states that the African Soft Furred rats are the natural diet of a BP.......
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05-27-11, 09:00 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
African Soft Fur rat / Natal
I am under the understanding that the name was misleading
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05-27-11, 09:03 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
this would be a first hearing that the ASF is not the natural diet of a BP.....do you have any research stating this? I don't want to be passing on bad information......
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05-27-11, 09:11 PM
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Re: Finaly!!!
"Ball pythons DO NOT eat African Soft Furred Rats.
Wikipedia (the preeminent source of knowledge for the lazy and feebleminded) and you, for quoting them, are wrong. Gasp!!! Natals, or African Soft Furred Rats, despite their name, are indigenous to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Ball pythons are indigenous to West Africa. To save you from having to go back to Wikipedia; they are thousands of miles apart"
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