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at Sat Nov 14 06:59:50 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]
Here's a couple of others I have used succesfully
"pile of pinkies" - I have found that some stubbon snakes will eat when presented with a nest of pinkies rather than with just an individual. I used to use this with stubborn male Rough-scaled Sandboas. You put a litter of pinkies and some of the shavings from the mouse cage together into the snake's cage to make a little mouse nest. Sometimes an individual who has refused single pinks will come in and eat their fill at the buffet, so to speak.
shed skins - This is probably a subcategory of scenting, but I used to have a "pet" Short-lined Skink that I brought home to photograph and ended up keeping for 6 years. When it shed (in pieces) I used to pick up the pieces and keep them. I found these small pieces of skink shed could be wet and stuck to the head of a pinkie. Scarlet Kingsnakes that refused other pinkies would readily eat these pinkies with their skink berets.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
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RE: Thanks--more info. - chrish, Sat Nov 14 06:59:50 2009