How long does it take for them to eat again?

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sarah

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i finaly took rap and tekno out of the car fridge as they look much better now and they have no fungus. they have been out for 8 hours, the water temp is at 16 deg and they aint eating. is this normal???? im feeding them bloodworms. here is a pic of them now.

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their metabolism slows dwn in cooler temps as im sure you know, so maybe they will give the bloodworms a go once the water warms up abit
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Being in oz (given that u dnt have a chiller tho), 16dc is still quite cool, so depending on what temps they are used to, maybe they will start to munch the worms then.
 
I had mine in the fridge for only 4 or 5 days and it took him about 4 or so days to start eating again after i had taken him out the fridge. It probably takes them a few days to adjust to the temperature and get their metabolism started again
 
yea if he stops eating for more then a week i would start to worry.
 
i dont think their metabolisms work that fast, give it a few days
 
I wouldn't start to worry until they lost >10% of thier body weight which can be significantly longer than several weeks.

Ed
 
I was SO relieved when pedro ate after about 24 hours back in the tank (first attempt, but he took a while)

4 days in the fridge and he seems to be ok back in the tank. Was really unsteady and slow to move round, but seems better today (24 hrs after he started eating, 48 out of the fridge.)
 
ok they just started to eat today...they had about 1 1/2 blocks each of bloodworms
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back to their normal piggy selves again
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