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Just finished cleaning Alice’s water bowl and spot cleaning her habitat. She should be shedding soon.

Alice is in her shed cycle right now. I will feed her once she completes it.

I started out by trying a brown small rat that Alice was interested in however she did not try to eat it. I then offered her a white mouse that she snapped up. I offered her a second mouse that … Continue reading →

Alice accepted her first medium rat since the end of January today. It was just 102g, however that is twice as large as the the small rats she was accepting. I am hoping her diet is returning to normal. I … Continue reading →

Alice refused a medium rat on Tuesday. I fed her 2 large mice and one small rat today. Overall feeding response was much better than last week. I will continue to offer her a medium rat first on future feedings. … Continue reading →

So I did get Alice to eat today by offering her smaller meal items. She refused a medium rat first and later accepted a small rat and two large mice. This was her first meal in a little over three … Continue reading →

I found out yesterday that the thermostat in Alice’s habitat had quit working. I wanted to move up to a pulse proportional type and narrowed my choice down to either a Herpstat ND or a Helix DBS-1000. I really liked … Continue reading →

I decided to take Alice to the vet to make sure that there was nothing wrong causing her to miss meals. She shed on 2/14 and refused a rat on 2/15 even though it had been 2 1/2 weeks since … Continue reading →

WooHoo. Woke up this morning to see that Alice had shed in the middle of the night as usual. Rat dinner tomorrow 🙂