Just picked up a nice Cal King which would be just a few weeks old. It's my first time with this species and with the first effort I couldn't get him to take pinkes. I've never had problems with feeding before as long as the animal was healthy. Sometime's my you Bairds Rat needs coaxing but not even this worked. In this case he looks good. Cased the pinkie, smelling it several times but wouldn't go for it. I left the pinkie for more than an hour and covered the cage to give max privacy. Good heat gradient and he's active in the cage at least twice a day. I'd estimate it's been at least 9 days since the breeder fed it (and I didn't disturb it the first few days I had him home). I'd read they are pretty vigorous feeders. If there are suggestions that might work I'd love to hear them.

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• Feed Youn Cal King - fatjayhawk, Sat May 7 21:38:15 2005
• RE: Feed Youn Cal King - duffy, Sun May 8 08:23:14 2005
• RE: It's too early for such a gruesome feeding method... - HerperHelmz, Sun May 8 12:23:23 2005