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03-30-14, 08:55 PM
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Re: My first Retic!
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Originally Posted by Great Mormon
By the way, he has refused his food again, did the usual bite, coil, kill, and slither away.... He ate a week ago and have not pooped yet. Anything to be concerned this time round?
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Doesn't sound like it. That behavior is exactly like my SD...I have learned to wait and feed when he really starts cruising his cage....really "looking" for food. I have better luck with actually ingesting the prey. And as someone e;lee above noted, feed last with minimal disruption and usually somewhat dark....
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05-06-14, 11:57 AM
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#92
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Re: My first Retic!
Sorry to dig up this old thread again... it seems like a real hit and miss for me.... He was doing fine for a while and has since gone on a hunger strike for the last 3 weeks. Although he did the kill the prey and left it alone.
Funny thing, I dont really get to see him cruising around much. Hes either hiding in his hide, or soaking in the water bowl. Rarely seen him anywhere else other than these 2 places.
I have been trying to calm him down by handling him about 1 minute a day an increasing the duration of the handling ever since. We have some bonding time of max 5 mins a day now.
I'm going to try to cut down my interaction with him for a while and see if hes gonna eat.
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05-06-14, 02:32 PM
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Re: My first Retic!
how often is he soaking in his water bowl? this might not be the case but if snakes are doing that too often it can often mean they have mites...if ur not sure just check the bottom of the water bowl for little mites and search his body. Havent had a retic but my boa i use to have went off feed, i found out a week later he had mites. Just trying to make you aware of all possibilities, not saying he does in fact have them.
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05-06-14, 06:31 PM
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Re: My first Retic!
What are the temps like?
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05-06-14, 07:16 PM
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Re: My first Retic!
25 min and 30 odd max depending on the weather in the day. I've checked.. no mites. I usually find him in the bowl after I wake up in the morning.... I'll leave the heat mat off and see if he still soaks
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05-06-14, 07:32 PM
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Re: My first Retic!
Temps should be fine then, how about your humidity? Definitely check on the mites as well.
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05-06-14, 11:18 PM
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Re: My first Retic!
Humidity is 60 - 90. It depends on the weather too
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05-07-14, 08:44 AM
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Re: My first Retic!
I agree if the temps aren't too hot, excessive soaking is a sign of mites.
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05-08-14, 10:51 AM
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Re: My first Retic!
Probably mites then since temp and humidity are correct.
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05-08-14, 06:15 PM
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Re: My first Retic!
mites arent something that are always easy to see. I was checking the water of my snake for a few days before i noticed black speckles. Just double, triple, quadruple check. look closely on his body as well and by his face and nostril. good luck though ! hope he's ok and just a nagger when it comes to eating.
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05-08-14, 07:40 PM
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Re: My first Retic!
I'll kep checking. And yeah, he's a real bugger when it comes to eating 
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05-20-14, 02:06 AM
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Re: My first Retic!
Still no mites or ticks.... but can I assume that all that soaking is attributed to a pre-shed?
His eyes turned cloudy about a week+ ago and have shed last night!
Checked his shed. Came out in two pieces, the head section being rolled up like a condom(?). Checked the shed and eye caps are attached to it!
I had to pick him up and inspect him and he didnt seem too pleased about it. He tried to strike out at me a couple of times 
I hope he gets hungry at the end of the week and resume his normal activities.
Will update with pics in a while!
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05-20-14, 06:11 AM
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Re: My first Retic!
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05-20-14, 06:57 AM
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Re: My first Retic!
Don't worry just sounds like he's in pre shed. One of mine would sit in a large bowl (washing up bowl size) for a week solid if I let him, I don't as I'm scared he'll bring on scale rot. He has two days soaking and one day dry until he's shed then back to his normal drinking bowl.
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05-20-14, 06:59 AM
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Re: My first Retic!
I've found the quickest way to check for mites is to get a firm hold of the head and with your overhand using your thumb very gently pull down on the skin under his eye, if he's got mites you'll see them there for sure (still check everywhere though to be certain)
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