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Strikes/coils but doesn't eat????

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Posted by: tristan at Fri Feb 1 14:20:09 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tristan ]  
   

Hi everyone,

I have an 07 female pin that strikes and coils around her food (live or f/t) but when I check back 10 minutes later, she hasn't eaten it.

When I first got her it would take about 2-4 tries until she eats it... then there was a period where she would strike and eat on the first try... but last night I tried 4 times with a f/t rat fuzzy but no success.

Why doesn't she eat it after she's striked/killed her prey?

Has anyone else had this experience? If so, do you have any advice to get her to eat on her first strike and coil?

Thanks
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Tristan

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