we start all babies on rat pups, live for 2 meals. rats because that is the final diet of adults, so best to start early. 75% start on rats right away.



after 3 or 4 rat pup tries with no response, we try live mice, hoppers and small adults. mice are tougher live, as rat pups are harmless, and adult mice are definitely not.



after 2 live meals, we switch to thawed, and most make the transition well.



that gets 95% well started. for the other 5%, you have to play the game.
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• Feeding Tricks.. - nboles1215, Tue Dec 26 17:27:12 2006
• RE: Feeding Tricks.. - nboles1215, Tue Dec 26 17:56:17 2006
• RE: Feeding Tricks.. - reptileinnovations, Tue Dec 26 18:00:43 2006
• RE: Feeding Tricks.. - Herpout, Tue Dec 26 18:29:02 2006
• RE: Feeding Tricks.. - nboles1215, Tue Dec 26 20:01:58 2006
• RE: Feeding Tricks.. - melindas, Tue Dec 26 21:16:32 2006
• Thanks.... - nboles1215, Tue Dec 26 21:27:57 2006
• stress not stimulation - robyn@ProExotics, Wed Dec 27 14:08:28 2006
• I couldn't agree more - n/p - toshamc, Wed Dec 27 14:32:17 2006
• RE: stress not stimulation - nboles1215, Wed Dec 27 16:37:55 2006
• One more thing - nboles1215, Wed Dec 27 16:41:28 2006
• the point is stress,and proper technique - robyn@ProExotics, Wed Dec 27 17:38:23 2006
• Good Feedback... - nboles1215, Wed Dec 27 17:49:13 2006
• try rats - robyn@ProExotics, Wed Dec 27 17:53:52 2006
• RE: try rats - nboles1215, Wed Dec 27 18:00:23 2006
• RE: try rats - robyn@ProExotics, Wed Dec 27 18:04:51 2006
• RE: stress not stimulation - toshamc, Wed Dec 27 17:25:36 2006
• Thanks Tosha.... - nboles1215, Wed Dec 27 17:33:10 2006
• RE: Thanks Tosha.... - balls4all, Wed Dec 27 19:50:34 2006