Champ Continued:
Feb. 7,2004: I think he ate 2 small adults again. I don't really remember....my computer crashed last week before I could update, should've writen it down somewhere : P. I remember he weighed in at 165 grams though : ).
Feb. 14,2004: He was hazed over today, so he didn't eat. I weighed him this week at 178 grams.
Feb. 18,2004: HE SHED BY HIMSELF!!!! I put one of my daughters old t-shirts in his hide figuring it would hold more water than the rag I had. It worked!!! Still didn't get to save the shed though. He worked off inside the t-shirt and had it all shredded up. Ah well, he's getting there ; ).
Feb. 21,2004: He made up for not eating last week. He ate his 2 adults, one of Phoenix's hoppers, and one of Ruby's hoppers. I weighed him at 166 grams.
March 14,2004: He ate 2 small adult mice this week. I weighed him in at 194 grams! Almost 30 grams in one week!!! Then again, he cleaned house last week! LOL
March 21,2004: He didn't eat this week because he was in shed. I weighe dhim in at 224 grams!
March 28,2004: He had his USUAL shed : \. I had to give him a bath to get it all off. I even did the same thing I did last time when he shed OK? I guess he's always going to be a problem shedder. He only ate one small adult mouse and weighed 208 grams. I measured him at 36.5"!
April 4,2004: He ate one small adult again, and weighed 216 grams.
April 12,2004: He ate one small adult again even though he looked hazed over. I'm going to put a larger damp rag in his hide this time to see if it makes a difference. He weighs 228 grams.
April 15,2004: Well, the bigger rag didn't work : /. I had to give him a bath AGAIN! He ALWAYS has problems with his chin. Maybe he has an overbite of somekind that he can't rub it off right? He LOOKS normal though. Anyway, he seems to like bath time : ). This is his 2nd shed in 2-3 weeks
April 22,2004: He just kept nudging his mice around yesterday and really didn't seem interested in eating. I went to take him out of the feed tank and he latche don to one of them!! So, I put him back in and he went back to nudging again : /. So, I took him out again, and he grabbed it again! I put on a latex glove and grabbed the mouse by the tail and moved it around in front of him. He struck, wrapped it up and ate it in under 2 minutes!!! LOL
After that he went back to nudging the others. So, I moved another one. Same thing! Strike, wrap, and eaten in under 2 minutes! Ruby didn't eat one of her's so I tried one more time. This time he wrapped it up started swallowing and spit it back out, so I figured he was done ; ). So, he ate 2 ALMOST live F/T this week! LOL
I guess he just wanted to hunt this week. I set up the 50 gallon this week and moved him in. It took about an hour for hin to explore everything and settle in. Oh, he weighed 227 grams
April 27,2004: I think I'm starting to spoil him. I got rat hoppers at the show, and he acted like he wasn't interested again. I tried the "dancing mice" routine again, but this time it scared him! LOL I took himout of the feed tank and did the same thing on the floor. He struck at it and started eating again! Man he's easy! LOL
I was afraid he's swallow some carpet fibers from the floor, so I tried to put something under him. It just scared him again. It was funny though, because he had the mouse swalloed up to it's neck and he tried "running" off with it! He lifted his head about 3" off the floor and took off with it! I grabbed him by the tail and put him back into the feed tank. He only ate that one though. He weighed in at 252 grams!!!
May 3,2004: I did measurements this week, and Champ is the "big dog" now! I measured him at 38.3" and weighed him at 254 grams! He actually ate a rat hopper without me playing with it! LOL
He started roaming the feed tank after eating one, so I tried to tease him into another one. He grabbed onto it and tried taking off with it! LOL I grabbed him by the tail and put him back into the feed tank, I must've scared him though, because he didn't eat it.
May 10,2004: He weighed 269 grams and didn't eat this week, even with teasing!
May 17,2004: He didn't eat again this week, but he was hazed over. He weighed only 260 grams.
May 22,2004: He shed today ALL BY HIMSELF!!! YAY!!! It was a mostly one piece shed. He ripped the head section in half, but had both eyecaps. Surprised me with having the A/C running. But hey! Who's gonna argue! LOL
May 25,2004: He didn't eat agian!! He was down to 253 grams.
June 2,2004: HE FINALLY ate!!! He downed 2 rat hoppers. He's down to 250 grams, and I measured him still at 38.3". Ruby passed him again in length, so he's no longer the "big dog" LOL
June 9,2004: He ate 2 rat hoppers this week and weighed in at 278grams.
June 16,2004: He ate his 2 rat hoppers AND Raven's one. He weighed in at 299 grams.
June 30,2004: When I got him out to feed this week I let him crawl around on the floor a bit before weighing him. He really looks like he put on some length! I have to get update measurements next feeding, but I think he's at least over 40" now! When I weighed him he was well over 300 grams too, up to 324! He ate Raven's adult mouse, and left his rat weanlings alone.
July 7,2004: Well, I was close. I measured him at 39.9" in one pic and 41" in another. I'll stick to the shorter measurement so he doesn't start shrinking like Bones : P. He ate one weanling rat even though he looked like he was in shed. He weighed in at 348 grams this week! That's about 100 grams in a month!
July 10,2004: He started shedding 2 days ago and only shed off his head section again. I figured I'd try giving him time to get the rest off himself, but he seemed satisfied with just the head part off. So, I gave him a bath today.
July 15,2004: He ate one of Ruby's rat pups and a half grown mouse. He still weighed in at 348 this week, even though he ate a weanling last week? Maybe he just put it to length ; )!
July 21,2004: He ate Raven's adult mouse this week. He weighed in at 366 grams.
July 30,2004: When I put him in the feed tank today, he grabbed on to his F/T rat and wrapped it up!! Nothing like killing a dead rat!! LOL At least he gets a bit of exercise out of it! He also ate an adult mouse.
He really put on some weight this week! He weighed in at 394 grams!! Should blow by 400 next week!! : )))
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