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Old 02-12-14, 05:42 PM   #16
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Hey Brently,
I would also love to see your longer (and not as tall ) enclosure.

Since it hasn't been asked, How often are you feeding now?
My only, newbie advice, is to consider feeding less often. I also have a female, not quite 6ft but maybe 5.5ft. I started spreading out her feedings (same size prey) and started to notice more activity leading up to feeding day. Her roaming, (a sign of hunger/hunting) is my sign to feed her. Her eagerness is back, and see went from leaving it in overnight to striking within seconds(her norm).

Just a thought.
This is a possible solution. She just may not be as ravenous because of prey size and frequency.

I currently have two boas off feed because of breeding season and I have one male that hasn't struck prey for a good six months.
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Old 02-13-14, 12:50 PM   #17
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Re: Not eating well...

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Hey Brently,
I would also love to see your longer (and not as tall ) enclosure.

Since it hasn't been asked, How often are you feeding now?
My only, newbie advice, is to consider feeding less often. I also have a female, not quite 6ft but maybe 5.5ft. I started spreading out her feedings (same size prey) and started to notice more activity leading up to feeding day. Her roaming, (a sign of hunger/hunting) is my sign to feed her. Her eagerness is back, and see went from leaving it in overnight to striking within seconds(her norm).

Just a thought.
Here is a picture of Athena's enclosure. She is in her hide as usual. I am in work on putting in fake plants.
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Wow that looks nice. Could you give us some details on how you decorated the left side of the enclosure?(Looks like moss )
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Well if you look around the water dish there is moss and also on an old water dish that I simply turned upside down and attached moss. The large hide on the left is just a mixture of fake plants crime Michaels. I drilled small holes in the hide and the. Just pushed the stems inside. The vertical branch has a bolt that attaches it to the floor. On the right side is a patch of fake grass. And in the far left corner is a rock with fake ferns attached to it.
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