Ruby Journal 2
June 29,2003: She was pink today. Her eyes weren't blue yet, but her reds were pink. She only ate one rat pup.
July 3 2003: She shed today. It was in one peice, but it was torn a little.
July 5,2003: She ate 1 1/2 rat pups today. Yup, ONE AND A HALF!!! LOL The one rat ripped in half when she started eating it. She didn't bother with the other part after she finished the first half. That's OK though, Raven finished it for her ; ).
July 13,2003: She only ate one rat pink this week. I had both her and Champ in the critter keeper with a seperator in it, and when Champ was trying to swallow his, his tail got ove the seperator!!! I think it might of spooked her. She kept going over to it and looking over at him. I think from now on I'll put something over the seperator to fill the small gap.
July 20,2003: She ate 2 rat pinks this week.
July 27,2003: I gave them their fill this week because the shows this next weekend and I want to get a bit larger prey for them. Well, her FILL was ONE!!! AARRGGHHH!!! LOL
Aug. 3,2003: The rat pups I got for them were a little too big, she tried eating one but spit it back out : P.
Aug. 5,2003: I got more rat pinks for her today, and she didn't eat ANY!!! I've read that Pyros will start to shut down around this time of year. Maybe that's why she isn't eating as much.
Aug. 13,2003: I gave her one rat hopper today, but she was blue and wasn't interested. I gave it to Raven.
Aug.18,2003: She shed today. A one peice shed!
Aug. 19,2003: She made a pig of herself today. I gave her her usual rat pink, and 2 mice pinks that the little ones didn't eat. She ate everything!!! So, I guess she's not "shutting down" yet! LOL
Aug. 25,2003: Well, she did it again!! Bandit didn't eat because the pet store only had fuzzies, and I think she thought they were too big. Anyway, Ruby got the left overs and ate everything again! She had her rat pink, 2 F/T pinkies that the little ones STILL ignore, and the one fuzzy. Doesn't LOOK like she's gonna shut down early like I heard about.
Oct. 2.2003: I haven't updated lately because of what happened to Angel. Anyway, she ate her rat pink this week. I measured her Sept. 4th and she measured 30.5" and was .65" thick.
Oct. 4,2003: I got 2 F/T rat pinks for her today and she only ate one of them. The rat pinks I did get looked awfully small for her. I THINK I'll try giving her a rat fuzzy next week. Probably get one of each just so she'll eat one or the other.
Oct. 25,2003: I haven't updated lately because I've been having computer problems. Well, she ate her first rat hopper this week! She actually ate 2 of them! I weighed her last week and she weighed in at 118 grams.
Nov. 1,2003: She didn't eat this week.
Nov. 11,2003: Well, I found out why she didn't eat last week. She shed!!! I never even seen her turn blue! Her shed was hidden under her climbing branch thing. She ate this week though. She ate one of Phoenix's live fuzzies and that was it. Ah well, at least she's eating ; ).
Nov. 19,2003: She didn't eat this week. I measured and weighed her today. She measured 32.2" and weighed 124 grams. Champ's catching up to her fast!! The difference between the species I guess.
Dec. 2,2003: She ate one F/T rat pinky this week. I'm getting REALLY...huh...bugged by the reptile shop! They haven't had anything between rat pinks and small rats for the last couple of weeks. So, Ive been feeding rat pinks, even though they SHOULD be getting larger prey. If they don't have anything this week, I'm just going to get adult mice for them.
Dec. 9,2003: Well, they had rat fuzzies, not that it mattered. She didn't eat anyway! : P
Dec. 27,2003: She ate 2 half grown mice today. The pet store never seems to have the size mice or rats I need.There's a show coming up on the 17th, so HOPEFULLY I'll be able to get enough there for awhile.
Jan. 3,2004: She ate one large rat fuzzy this week. I weighed her in at 128 grams.
Jan. 10,2004: She didn't eat this week. She did look like she was starting to go into shed though.
Jan. 17,2004: She ate a small adult mouse this week. I weighed her again and she's up to 134grams.
Jan. 24,2004: She ate another small adult this week. I measured her at 33" this week.
Jan. 31,2004: She ate 2 small adults. I weighed her again, and she's up to 140 grams.
Feb. 7,2004: I think she ate one small adult and Phoenix's other hopper. I forget what she weighed...146?
Feb. 14,2004: Maybe she weighed a little more last week? I weighed her again this week, and she's up to 158 grams. She ate one small adult and a hopper Phoenix didn't eat.
Feb.21,2004: She was hazed over earlier this week and didn't shed yet, so she didn't eat anything. She weighed in at 162 this week.
March 14,2004: She ate one small adult mouse and weighed 159 grams.
March 21,2004: She only ate one of Phoenix's hoppers this week. I weighed her at 174 grams and measured her at 37". She's officially the longest I have right now, but she's only 4th in line in weight. Pyros are known to be less hefty than other Kings though.
March 28,2004: She ate Bandit's hoppers this week. Seems to just ignore the adult mice right now. But, at least she's eating! She weighed 182 grams.
April 4,2004: She ate Phoenix's other hopper this week, but that was it. She still only weighs 182 grams.
April 12,2004: She FINALLY ate an adult mouse this week!! She only gained one gram since last week. Maybe since she's eating adults again, she'll start gaining weight again.
April 22,2004: Well, I was right!! She gained 20 grams and broke past 200 grams to 202!! Problem is, she didn't eat this week because she was hazed over, so she'll probably lose some of it.
April 27,2004: She didn't shed yet. I must've caught her just starting her shed cycle. I checked on her on Saturday and she was still blue. She still weighs 200 grams.
April 29,2004: She FINALLY shed tonight! I went to check on her and she was mid shed! She did manage to shred it up around her climbing branch though : (.
May 5,2004: She only ate 2 mice hoppers tonight. She always seem to be only inerested in smaller prey anymore. I got her and the others rat hoppers at the show last week, and so far Champ's the only one eating them. I measured her at 37.1" and weighed her at 188 grams. She didn't grow much since last time, but at least she isn't shrinking! LOL
May 12,2004: She didn't eat this week, and weighed 198 grams.
May 18,2004: She ate one rat hopper tonight! FINALLY! And weighe din at 192 grams.
May 25,2004: She ate one rat hopper again and weighed 208 grams!! Broke 200 again! YAY!!!
June 2,2004: She seems to be the only one that likes the rat hoppers or at least eats them consistantly. She ate one again this week, and still seighed 208 grams? I measured her at 39.3"! She passed Champ and is the longest again!