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| Oct. 19,2002:We had to get Bones 2 fuzzies this week because they didn't have any small adults. He ate both of them AND an extra pinkie we had gotten. Oct. 24,2002:He didn't eat any of his mice this week. Nov. 1,2002:Well he didn't eat this week, but it was because he was blue. I hope I get another good shed from him again. He really looks like he's putting on some girth too. Nov. 5,2002:He shed last night, and it was a FULL SHED!!! He didn't rip it anywhere!!! The only problem was that I found it after it dried out and he had it all twisted together. At least it was a one peice shed this time though. Nov. 9,2002:Well he FINALLY ate something this week. I got him a halfgrown thinking maybe the smaller size might incourage him to eat.I also put it in live, hoping that with it moving it might also trigger him to eat. It took him a little while but he finally wrapped it up and ate it. Nov. 14,2002: I got him out today and decided to measure him. He measured out at 34 inches. Nov. 17,2002:He didn't eat this week again. I gave his mouse to Angel and she ate his. Nov. 24,2002:He refused to eat again this week. I THINK they're slowing down for brumation. Nov. 29,2002:Well, I'm wrong again. He's definatly not slowing down, he ate 2 half growns this week!!! And still roaming the tank!!! Dec. 6,2002: I thought he was starving this week because he's been roaming almost all week. I got him 2 half growns and he only ate one of them. Oh well, ones better than none. Dec. 14,2002:He didn't eat this week, but he's constantly roaming!!! I don't know why he's roaming if he isn't eating? Seems a little early for him to be...huh...looking for a mate.: ))) Dec. 23,2002: He didn't eat agian!! He's still constantly roaming though. Just gives me more time to hold him ; ). Dec. 30,2002: He FINALLY ate again. It was just a half-grown BUT HE ATE!!!! Jan. 5, 2003: Two weeks in a row!!! I got him a live fuzzy and a half grown, hoping having live would keep him feeding. Well it sort of worked, He ate the live and ignored the prekilled halfgrown. I gave the halfgrown to Angel, since she was finally eating. I just hope he doesn't expect live all the time : (. Since all the juveniles are eating F/T, I was going to try to switch Angel and Bones over too. Jan. 7,2002: Bones must've been climbing today, I looked in on him and he had a big dent and crease in his head scale. He must've slipped and hit his head. He seems to be acting normal, so I'll just wait to see if a shed will help clear it up. Jan. 28, 2003: Well he shed today, and his scar looks like it cleared up pretty good. All thats left is a small scratch on it. Maybe one more shed will take care off it completely. Jan. 31,2003: He ate the F/T I got for the "little" ones. They were only hoppers, but at least he ate them. I guess next week I'll get him and Angel adult F/T since they both ate this week. I measured him before I fed him and he measured at 35.4 inches. I'm surprised he grew so much with the way he's been eating lately. He seems to catching up to Angel, except in girth. Angels always been around twice his girth, even though he's not that much smaller. She doesn't look over weight either, and he's definately not under weight.Maybe just a difference between males and females? Feb. 21,2003: Hmmm.... I forgot to put last weeks journal in? Ah well, I think he ate 2 half growns, I don't really remember though. I know he did eat though ;). Anyway, this week he ate 2 prekilled half growns. He's getting to big for half growns but not big enough for full grown adults >: (. I think I was feeding Angel full growns when she was around 32". He just doesn't have the girth she did though. March 8,2003: Well, I got him a full grown adult this week. I figured if he didn't eat it either Angel or Echo would. Well, he ate it no problem : ). It looks like he's getting full growns from now on. March 14,2003: He didn't eat this week. I got him another adult mouse, but he wasn't interested. When I went to put him back in his tank I caught him trying to escape AGAIN!!! His feed tank doesn't have a top for it, so I just put something heavy on it. I must not have put it on right this time, because when I checked on him, I found the last bit of his tail was the only thing left in his feed tank. Got lucky again. March 21,2003: He didn't eat again. This time I found out why. He shed in his feed tank!!! I didn't even see him turn blue this time. He's been hiding alot lately though. I wound up giving his mouse to Angel. March 28,2003: Well he finally ate!!! I wasn't too sure he was going to, though. It took him about 10 minutes before he started. He got another full grown adult.:) April 6,2003: He didn't eat this week : (. I guess he's in his "breeding fast". He roams his tank all week, then refuses to eat. I think next week I'll try a live fuzzy to try and entice him ; ). April 26,2003: He ate one adult F/T and one hopper that Ruby didn't eat this week. I noticed it looked like he bumped his head AGAIN!! The same head scale he had creased before, looks like it's loose from a past shed.I know it shed off last time though. He's such a clutz!!!! Well, make that 2 adults and one hopper!!! Angel only ate one of hers, so I put the other one in his tank. He didn't waste any time eating it either. Looks like he's my new garbage disposal. Angel always had that designation before : ). May 1,2003: Well, I'm not doing THAT again!!! He had me worried all week, because he didn't defecate till Thursday! That's almost a full week to digest, not good, not good at all! Maybe if the little ones don't eat their hoppers, but he's not getting more than one adult/week till he's grows a little more. May 4,2003: I tried giving him an adult mouse and Raven's hopper today. He only ate the hopper. He WAS still full from last week yet, because he defecated in his feed tank! Gee, thanks Bones : P May 11,2003: I gave him one adult mouse this week. I wasn't sure if he would eat because he was blue on Tuesday. Well, he ate his mouse and started to shed!!! I took him out of his feed tank and put him back into his tank so he had some rough surfaces to rub on. I think this is the first time I got to see any of them shed from start to finish :))). He had a full shed, although he mangled it up. He kept swimming in his water dish which would rip the shed. Oh yea, I measured him too. I got 34"??? Last time I measured him I got 35.4"?? HE'S SHRINKING!!! AAAHHHH!!!! I'll get another measurement on him after he's done digesting. See which one's right. May 17,2003: He ate both his and one of Angel's mice this week. He looks like he's starting to put on some girth too. I guess eating 2 mice might have something to do with that though ;). June 1,2003: He ate an adult mouse plus one of Raven's hoppers. He started shedding in his feed tank AGAIN! I put him back in his tank so he had something to rub against. He ripped it in his water dish again. It did have both eyecaps so that's a plus. I measured him before I fed him and he measured 34.5" and .97" thick. So, I guess he's growing again? LOL June 15,2003: He didn't eat last week, but made up for it this week. He ate 2 adult mice AND a rat pup Raven didn't eat. I think I'm going to bump him up to 2 adults a week from now on. June 23,2003: He ate 2 adult mice again. Looks like he's going to stay at this level. He's still too small to try and give him the rats I got for Angel. Maybe soon. ; ). June 29,2003: He was blue today, so I wasn't sure of he'd eat or not. Well he ate, but only the rat pup Ruby didn't eat. July 3,2003: He shed today. It was a one piece shed!!! He did rip the belly section a little, but it was STILL in one piece ; ). July 5,2003: He ate 2 adult mice today. I tried feeding Angel a rat but she was in shed. I put her back and put Bones in her feed tank with her rat and adult mouse. First time I've seen him attack something in a long time!!! He grabbed the rat and started flinging it all over the feed tank. He gave up on it right away though. I guess he figured it was too big yet. I can't see how some people say they have problems switching to rats? So far all mine seem to prefer them. I measured him before I fed him. I took 2 pics and with one I got 34.8" and the other one I got 35.8" LOL. I think I'll stick with the short measurement so he doesn't shrink on me AGAIN!!! LOL July 20,2003: I tried giving him 3 adult mice this week. He seems to be too big for just 2, but not big enough for the rats yet. He only ate 2 anyway. Aug 5,2003: He hasn't eaten in the last 2 weeks. He was blue when I got him out on Sunday, so HOPEFULLY it's just because of that. Aug. 10,2003: He shed today. A perfect shed!!! Aug. 13,2003: I tried giving him an adult mouse and the rat pink Ruby didn't eat. Still not hungry.: ( Aug. 19,2003: I only gave him one adult mouse this week since he wasn't eating and one of the live pinks the little ones didn't eat. Well, he only ate the pinky, and left the mouse. I guess it's a start? Aug. 25,2003: No luck this week again : (. Oct. 2,2003: I haven't been updating with what happened to Angel. Well, this week he did eat. It was a live hopper mouse that Phoenix didn't eat. He didn't even look at the F/T rat hopper. Oct. 4,2003: He ate Phoenix's fuzzy again. Ignored the F/T rat I put in with it though. At least he's eating something. Oct. 11,2003: He didn't eat this week. Wouldn't even take a small mouse. Oct. 19,2003: He still hasn't eaten. I got a scale to keep track of their weights. Bones topped out at 348 grams. Oct. 25,2003: Still not eating! I even put a mouse pink in that Bandit didn't eat, and he wasn't even interested in that! Nov. 1,2003: HE FINALLY ATE!!! I gave him Phoenix's live fuzzy mouse, Bandit's pinkie and the rat pinks the others didn't eat. Well, he ate the live fuzzy, pinkie and one of the rat pinks. Nov. 12,2003: Didn't eat this week. Nov. 19,2003: He didn't eat again. He looked like he's either starting to turn blue or just coming out of it. Dec. 2,2003: Still not eating, although he did try eating me!!! Just kidding. When I put him in the feed tank, he started to crawl out. I tried to nudge him back down to put the lid on, and he turned and bit me! Just nicked me enough to draw a little blood. When I told my daughter she said "but Bones doesn't bite." LOL I explained what happened, and she just shook her head like...Oh, it's YOUR fault! LOL Dec. 9,2003: AGAIN!!! Man , I hate this time of year, for the snakes anyway ; ). Dec. 27,2003: HE FINALLY ATE!!! I had to get him 2 half grown mice, because the petstore was out of everything else. At least he ate though!!! Jan. 3,2004: He ate one adult mouse this week. He did have 2 other rat fuzzies that the others didn't eat, but he wasn't interested in them. I weighed him this week, and he was down to 338 grams. I guess it'll take a bit before he gets back up to where he was before. Jan. 10,2004: Really take awhile to get back up to weight if he keeps refusing to eat!! Yup, he didn't eat this week. Jan.17.2004: He ate 2 adult mice this week. Jan.24,2004: He ate one adult this week. I measured and weighed him too. He weighed in at 364 grams, and measured 35.5". Could he actually be growing? Or will he shrink on me again? LOL Jan. 31,2004: He didn't eat anything this week. I weighed him again to see how much weight he gains per feeding. He's up to 370 grams. So, so far, one adult mouse = 6 grams weight gain : ). Then again, he pooed in the feed tank, AFTER I weighed him...soooo....NO I didn't weigh the poo! LOL Feb. 7,2004: He ate an adult mouse this week. I weighed him again ahd he was down to 368 grams. |
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