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Would You Like A Little Hiss With That Rat

I really get a kick out of Alice at feeding time. She shed this morning at 2AM and was overdue for a feeding since she was in shed. I got a couple of small rats out of the freezer and … Continue reading

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Preparing For Shed

Usually, I get a heads up that Alice is about to go into a shed cycle by the darkening of her scales. Her yellows will get more olive and her oranges look more like a burnt orange. She looked that … Continue reading

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Hyperactive

Alice has been super active this past few days. I fed her 2 small rats last Wednesday and she has been pretty active since Saturday. I had her out with me watching Little People, Big World tonight. She was really … Continue reading

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After Dinner Stretch

In the left of the picture below you can see the feeding bin that I use for Alice now. She is exploring her habitat after crawling out of it.

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New Feeding Process

I bought a new Sterilite container to feed Alice in the other day. The thought was to find something smaller that I could simply place inside her habitat after I feed her and let her decide to come out of … Continue reading

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Feedings

Alice has continued to do very well with the move to medium rats. The rat I thawed out for her on Monday was 115G. I put her in her new feeding bin and prepared the rat for her. When I … Continue reading

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Nice New Duds

Alice shed Friday morning. I walked up to her habitat to find the following. She is bright and shiny now. Time to feed on Saturday.

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Quiet Week

Sure enough, after my last post Alice’s eyes started to turn blue. She has been staying in her new hide since then. The humidity in her habitat stays around 37% most of the time. Since her last few sheds have … Continue reading

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She’s A Curious One

I was getting ready for work the other day and noticed that Alice had pushed some aspen shavings into her water bowl. When I opened the top of her habitat and reached for the water bowl, she rattled her tail … Continue reading

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Just Chillin’ On A Log

I try to change Alice’s habitat a little each week. I added a half log back in recently that she used to be able to curl up in. Now her back scrapes the top of it as she crawls under … Continue reading

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