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Posted by: pyromaniac at Mon Sep 6 18:33:33 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pyromaniac ] Just an update on my recalcitrant eater. I force fed him a ft pinkie this morning, figuring the hell with this, he hasn't eaten in 45 days and is losing weight. I gently opened his mouth from the side with a flat toothpick, got the pinky into his mouth while removing the toothpick from his open jaws and slowly pushed the pinky in and held it there. He finally decided to swallow it, and down the hatch it went. We sat there for awhile resting, then I put him back in his habitat. After he defecates we will do this again if he doesn't eat on his own next time. I really hate to have to resort to force feeding but the other two times I have done this with other snakes it has stimulated their feeding response nicely. In the other cases once was enough with the force feeding. It is sort of like reminding their stomach it has a purpose. | ||
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