Category Archives: Updates

Keeping the humidity up is such a challenge in the winter. I had been keeping a tray of damp sphagnum moss in her habitat to keep the humidity up. That had not been keeping it out of the single digits … Continue reading →

It has been 8 days since Alice’s last meal. I wanted to go ahead and feed her today as I suspect she is close to going into another shed cycle. She ate the large mouse and refused the medium rat. … Continue reading →

Alice continues to be more cautious eating rats. She had one large mouse and one medium rat today for a total of 136g of rodent. I currently feed her the mouse first to get the feed mode fired up and … Continue reading →

About a couple of weeks ago Alice refused a meal. She struck at it a time or two and then pretty much ignored it. I did get her to eat a few days later, however it was after a couple … Continue reading →

I went back to a white rat on Sunday for Alice. She struck at it at first and did not grab the rat. She seemed very interested in it though. I placed the rat on the floor or her feeding … Continue reading →

Alice did not eat today as I had planned. The rat was almost completely black and maybe it was just that she is used to white rats. She did bite it a couple of times and let go without trying … Continue reading →

Since the last dinner was a rather small rat for Alice, I will be trying to feed her again tomorrow. This time it is a mostly black rat weighing in at 121g. Also pay attention to your humidity in the … Continue reading →

Fed Alice a tri-colored medium rat today. She was hungry and a little grumpy. She pretty much kept letting our her little hisses while she was crawling around on my arms before putting her in the feeding bin. It’s pretty … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, Alice shed for the 13th time since I brought her home in January of 2009. I tried a 12″ saucer of sphagnum moss this time to increase the humidity in her habitat. It worked wonders. The humidity went … Continue reading →

After mentioning that Alice looked like she was heading into another shed cycle, I could see the blue tinge in her eyes on Friday. She is curled up in one of her hides now. She will likely shed late this … Continue reading →