Posted by:
nathana
at Sat Jun 21 18:29:58 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by nathana ]
Pinkies are great. I use them for my gravid females. Unless you have a VERY strong stomach, do NOT feed live ones. I never knew pinky mice could scream until I fed a live one to a box turtle. They steal them like bandits on a raid, run around with them, and almost invariably eat them from the rear end first. Listening to the screaming pinkies nearly put me to being sick. My wife had to leave. I must say... it's quite gruesome. Since then I feed only frozen then thawed pinkies. My gals get them as frequently as weekly when they are gravid if I have them and can do so.
Indoors your gal may eat less. Also, remember, gravid females typically eat less or nothing. Stress also lowers appetite. As well, one box turtle does not necessarily eat very much (30 of them eat a very lot, I must say).
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