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Old 05-05-2007, 04:35 PM
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Nothing to worry about, oddly enough quite a few captive babies take their pray tail first, its like they are loosing the instinct to take the hear, mind you in the wild they would be eating live and would naturally go for the warmest part of the prey (the head)
Some snakes are slow eaters and just like to eat in their own time in private and will never strike. your snake is perfectly normal
thanks very much for the info. what about when he gets bigger and we move him onto fuzzies? will the fur not irritate him if he takes the food backwards?
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Old 05-05-2007, 05:31 PM
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thanks very much for the info. what about when he gets bigger and we move him onto fuzzies? will the fur not irritate him if he takes the food backwards?

you may find as he moves up he will start to take head first, although I have one on large mice who still eats bum first and it does not seem to bother her in the slightest, so again I would not worry, he will work out whats right for him.
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Just wanted to re-iterate wiggling the food in front of the snakey is the best idea ever so glad I read about that

hope everyone else's feeding probs get sorted soon (mine was just me being an eejit!)
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AT LAST !!!

My royal had a huge meal after 48 days without feeding

She had a rat weaner and a gerbil
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thats rather greedy!
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The gerbil was massive, heiry and stinky. Biggest piece of food she's ever eaten
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Old 06-05-2007, 10:31 PM
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woohoo, typical royal though, but 7 weeks is nothing, mine are currently at 8-9 weeks,

but glad for ya,
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Thanks mate, I hope yours go back to feeding soon.

Although I know it's not the end of the world, I was beginning to get concerend because she never went off food for more than 2 weeks before
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I placed an order with Camzoo today.

25 jumbo mice
25 large weaner rats
25 small rats

It cost me £ 57.00 + £ 4.95 P&P = £ 61.95

I'm well please because if I bought the same thing in my local shop it would have cost me twice as much.

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