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Originally Posted by Kneff1175
her temps are at 86.7 on her digital probe therm. That's on hot during day. Cool side is 83. With a +/- .3 degrees. At night her temps drop to 81. And that is with a 1 degree drop too the cool side of 79. When should I attempt a feeding? Five to seven days? Or a couple of weeks. She's been in the tub since 10/5. However her temps were slowly raised to a top of 86.7. She's been on that temp since yesterday. Should I cover her tub also. I have other snakes in the room so I cannot just isolate her completely.
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1. You should practice quarantine in a separate room. This animal is new, correct? It means if something that we can't visbly see is the reason for the non-feeding then your other animals are subject to it as well. We all wish that not to be the case it's more likely the extreme case here.
2. I always recommend attempting to feed on a 5 or 7 day schedule CONSISTENTLY. Pick one that you prefer and offer the same prey, the same way, at the same intervals. I found this to work best.
3. Does the temps drop at night because of just general drops or are you dropping them with the thermostat? I would recommend to not drop temps yourself. If it's just because the room drops a few degrees then leave it but I'd advise against doing it on your own. There is no need for the drop unless you were planning to breed.
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