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levi987
at Sun Jan 21 20:34:05 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by levi987 ]
in my opinion you would need your ball setup in a 10-20 gallon tank (it works for the few i have). as far as feeding goes change enviroments first...give her about a week, then get something about the size of a shoebox (or if you dont want to change later invest in a large "rubber-made" tote, line the bottom with news paper and feed live in there NEVER LEAVE LIVE PREY UNATTENDED! NEVER THE END. leave it as long as you want to watch it...(i.e. anywhere from 20-60 minutes but usually if your ball doesnt take the mouse within the first 30 mins she wont) if she's not interested take her back to the shop (they may try to sell you gerbils because they are the wild prey of balls but when you get them started on gerbils its hard to get them off) so try asking if they will put a mouse in with the gerbils for a few minutes to get the smell....that usually does the trick, but most balls that wont take live wont take frozen or fresh killed. if she's still scared try flicking the mouse in the head..(not hard enough to kill it just hard enough to stun it) that way it cant make any sudden movement and scare her again. again just my two cents but it seems to work for me.
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RE: Another feeding failure... - levi987, Sun Jan 21 20:34:05 2007