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I live in Ohio. It's been pretty cool, frost at night, low to mid 50's during the day and rainy here. Jango still scurries out of his hide as soon as he hears me coming down the stairs. The only thing that has slowed with him is his growth lengthwise. He's back down to about 1" a week. Oddly, he seems to be going through an SVL phase, his tail has hardly grown at all in 2 weeks. He's getting wider through the muscle in his neck and back and he's gained quite a bit of weight. Overall, he looks like he's getting bigger instead of just longer. Up until recently, he still looked like a juvie, kind of stretched out, he's starting to look more like an adult now.
He seems to be getting a little more finicky about his food too. If I feed him eggs or turkey, he won't finish it. But he will eat dozens of supers for dessert. He will also scarf down as many mice as he can pack in. Today, he ate 3 adult mice, then began to dig at the bowl that I put his supers in. I let him roam for about an hour or so, then put him in his feed box with a couple dozen supers. He sucked them down like he was starving. Jango's just a pig. Plain and simple.
:drool

BTW, I make his turkey into balls and freeze them in little zip-lock snack bags. About a day or two before feeding, I put a bag in the fridge to thaw. He gets turkey every second or third day.

<blockquote data-quote="Quijibo" data-source="post: 54254" data-attributes="member: 1209">I live in Ohio. It's been pretty cool, frost at night, low to mid 50's during the day and rainy here. Jango still scurries out of his hide as soon as he hears me coming down the stairs. The only thing that has slowed with him is his growth lengthwise. He's back down to about 1&quot; a week. Oddly, he seems to be going through an SVL phase, his tail has hardly grown at all in 2 weeks. He's getting wider through the muscle in his neck and back and he's gained quite a bit of weight. Overall, he looks like he's getting bigger instead of just longer. Up until recently, he still looked like a juvie, kind of stretched out, he's starting to look more like an adult now.&nbsp;He seems to be getting a little more finicky about his food too. If I feed him eggs or turkey, he won't finish it. But he will eat dozens of supers for dessert. He will also scarf down as many mice as he can pack in. Today, he ate 3 adult mice, then began to dig at the bowl that I put his supers in. I let him roam for about an hour or so, then put him in his feed box with a couple dozen supers. He sucked them down like he was starving. Jango's just a pig. Plain and simple.&nbsp;:droolBTW, I make his turkey into balls and freeze them in little zip-lock snack bags. About a day or two before feeding, I put a bag in the fridge to thaw. He gets turkey every second or third day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quijibo, post: 54254, member: 1209"] I live in Ohio. It's been pretty cool, frost at night, low to mid 50's during the day and rainy here. Jango still scurries out of his hide as soon as he hears me coming down the stairs. The only thing that has slowed with him is his growth lengthwise. He's back down to about 1" a week. Oddly, he seems to be going through an SVL phase, his tail has hardly grown at all in 2 weeks. He's getting wider through the muscle in his neck and back and he's gained quite a bit of weight. Overall, he looks like he's getting bigger instead of just longer. Up until recently, he still looked like a juvie, kind of stretched out, he's starting to look more like an adult now. He seems to be getting a little more finicky about his food too. If I feed him eggs or turkey, he won't finish it. But he will eat dozens of supers for dessert. He will also scarf down as many mice as he can pack in. Today, he ate 3 adult mice, then began to dig at the bowl that I put his supers in. I let him roam for about an hour or so, then put him in his feed box with a couple dozen supers. He sucked them down like he was starving. Jango's just a pig. Plain and simple. :drool BTW, I make his turkey into balls and freeze them in little zip-lock snack bags. About a day or two before feeding, I put a bag in the fridge to thaw. He gets turkey every second or third day. [/QUOTE]

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