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thebigsquease
at Sun Mar 11 13:21:59 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by thebigsquease ]
Sure no problem, be glad to help.
Alot of time could be saved and head aches avoided if people would only do a little research and apply themselves to the task at hand.
Years ago, back when Solomon Island Ground Boas were hot, and they were being imported by the boat load, people were getting gravid females, and having babies.
They tried feeding them pink mice, anoles, crickets, almost anything they could think of.
When I got some in, for the shop I owned at the time, I got a bag of adults, with females that had laid in transit. I had about 120 or so babies to set up and get going.
These things are tiny! And so cute. But no way were they going to get down a pinky mouse.
This of cource was years ago, long before the World Wide Web.
All we had was telephones back then.
I called a few hobbyists around the country that I knew worked with Boids. Most just told me good luck. Some suggested cutting off the pinkie's tail and see if they would eat that.
All I said was gross.
I read up on Ground Boas. Not alot of information back then on them. Solomon Islands, swamps, alot of mangrove areas.
I had a thought......
Adult Ground Boas reminded me of our water snakes here. Maybe they have similar habits, and habitats.
I put a shallow pan of water with baby guppies and mollies in the enclource with some babies, and WHAM snake'a eatin' we saw.
They were fish eaters!!
Problem solved. As they grew, I just switched them over to pink mice and didn't have a problem.
Challenges make this a fun hobby. Just to many people don't want to take the time to work with their animals. They give up to easy. All I can say, if you don't like Challenges, please find something else to keep. WC Balls arn't for you.......
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Ron Billingsley
www.ronbillingsleyreptiles.com
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RE: try true method of getting WC's to eat. - thebigsquease, Sun Mar 11 13:21:59 2007
