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Looks like we are back on track with rats again. Feeding Alice small rats for now and that has been working well. Not having to scent the rats or do anything special. She has been accepting one small rat every … Continue reading →

Alice shed early Friday morning. It appears complete, although it was in six or more pieces. I got her out to remove the shed early this morning, much to her dislike. Maybe I was interrupting dreams of rodents. She is … Continue reading →

Alice’s eyes have cleared up so she should shed before the end of the week. As a side note, I have been spending a large amount of time working on some t-shirts to encourage people to respect venomous snakes and … Continue reading →

When I fed Alice on the 9th, I thought I could see the start of the eyes bluing. She did head into a shed cycle and her eyes are completely opaque now. This will be her first shed since the … Continue reading →

After refusing a small rat initially, Alice ate two small rats after eating one large mouse. She has done this before so we will have to see what she does the next feeding.

Alice seems to have returned to her normal self. Her activity levels are completely back to normal and her interest in food is as strong as it used to be. During her last feeding, she bolted out of her hide … Continue reading →

The vet called back this past week to report the last fecal sample came back negative for pinworms. Alice’s activity has increased as well. She is still funny about rats and so I have been feeding her large mice again. … Continue reading →

Fed Alice yesterday. She had refused a scented medium rat last week. This time she started to swallow the scented rat and then spit it back out. She acted hungry so I went ahead and gave her the mouse used … Continue reading →

Alice had her second dose of Panacur today. Like the first one, this was injected into the belly of a frozen/thawed large mouse. Hopefully the stool sample that is due in 3 weeks will come up free of pinworms.

Last weeks treatment seems to have gone well. Alice is acting more like her old self in moving around to thermoregulate and in food response. I fed her 3 mice on Thursday just to hold her a bit and not … Continue reading →