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MikeRusso
at Wed Jul 19 16:13:18 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by MikeRusso ]
As you may know force feeding (FF) should be ONLY be used as a absolute last resort after ALL other feeding tricks have failed..
Assuming you have tried all the tricks you may want to first try "assist feeing".. By this i mean putting the head of a small pinky into the snakes mouth & waiting to see if the hatchling takes the rest of the pink on its own.
If this fails try to FF a mouse tail.. It is much easier than trying to FF a whole pinky.
You can do this by cutting off the tail off a pre-killed or thawed mouse (my attempt at humanity), then cut a section of the tail about an inch long, then wet the section you plan to feed so that is slides in more easily.. Then using the section of tail gently pry open the snakes mouth and slip the tail into the snakes mouth..
Hope this helps & GOOD LUCK!!
~ Mike Russo
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- force feeding? - WEEBEASTIES, Wed Jul 19 15:42:00 2006
RE: force feeding? - MikeRusso, Wed Jul 19 16:13:18 2006
- RE: force feeding? - WEEBEASTIES, Wed Jul 19 16:35:52 2006
- RE: force feeding? - duffy, Wed Jul 19 16:53:17 2006
- RE: force feeding? - WEEBEASTIES, Wed Jul 19 18:08:48 2006
- Pnkie heads are fairly easy... - kathylove, Wed Jul 19 20:50:03 2006
- Kathy..... - xblackheart, Wed Jul 19 21:40:24 2006
- RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - Rivets55, Wed Jul 19 23:49:36 2006

- In my experience... - kathylove, Thu Jul 20 09:10:49 2006
- RE: In my experience... - Pastorpat, Thu Jul 20 14:30:08 2006
- RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - draybar, Thu Jul 20 18:10:56 2006

- RE: In my experience... - Rivets55, Thu Jul 20 18:52:59 2006

- RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - xblackheart, Thu Jul 20 20:48:43 2006
- Thank you for the response........n/p - xblackheart, Thu Jul 20 20:50:31 2006
- Species survival value of non-feeders... - kathylove, Thu Jul 20 22:06:45 2006
- RE: Species survival value of non-feeders... - xblackheart, Fri Jul 21 00:33:22 2006
- RE: Species survival value of non-feeders... - Rivets55, Fri Jul 21 00:35:40 2006
- RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - draybar, Fri Jul 21 05:45:11 2006
- RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - xblackheart, Fri Jul 21 16:36:04 2006
- RE: force feeding? - chunkie_fuzz, Tue Jul 25 21:25:30 2006
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