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opinions for babies not eating

junglehabitats Sep 02, 2003 09:47 AM

ok here is the situation , i have 1.2 group of nice little 66% het albinos i have had since june.They have all been feeding up untill i made a move about 4 weeks ago at that time they were feeding readily on mice hoppers w/ no problemsand feeding every 10 days.Now since i have move up to the mountains they have seemd to have little interest in feeding.I have started raising my own rats now and have been trying to get them feeding on rat pinkies which one has fed on those and the other two seem to just prefer striking at the pinkies but nothing more .There are no mites on them and havent been , there stools have been firm and all seems to be in check anyone have any suggestions. There also in 10g tanks at the time and have been they have a small hide and papertowels as substrate and small drinking bowls for water source.. I am not overly alarmed at this point with them not feeding but just looking for some suggestions . thanks
Alan
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Replies (1)

AbsoluteApril Sep 02, 2003 11:28 AM

hmm... moves can stress them out, possibly also they want
mice and just don't want to take the rats, sometimes it's hard
to get them to make the switch, have you tried scenting the
rat pinks with mouse? Might help...
just an idea.. good luck!

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