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DMong
at Wed Dec 30 18:39:23 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
I've had some hatchling Honduran's in the past that would eat a frozen/thawed pink one or two times intially after their first shed after hatching, then totally refuse ANYTHING afterwards, be it brained, anole scented, whtever for many weeks on end. This gets aggravating since I have a thousand or more F/T rodents in the freezer, but I had to say screw it at some point, and made the long ride to the pet store for live pinks instead. All three stubborn hatchlings pounded the pinks as soon as they saw them flat!
The important thing is to get them feeding regularly on whatever the heck they will accept to get some weight going on them, and get a good consistant feeding response going. You can always work on switching them over later on. Try a live if nothing dead works, it;s amazing sometimes how they can sense it is alive, no matter how much you wiggle the dead prey..LOL!
I actually think many snake's that are finicky and won't eat dead no matter what is done key in on the carbon dioxide itself that is exuded through their breath and skin of the live prey.
~Doug
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RE: Honduran won't eat - DMong, Wed Dec 30 18:39:23 2009