Finally, after a couple months of assist feeding mouse legs, a few of the 20 have decided to take pinks. Hard work finally paying off.
Dan
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Oxyrhopus rhom. and pinks:
Oxyrhopus
Nov 30, 2006 03:46 PM
Replies (2)
niek_hofman
Dec 02, 2006 05:57 AM
great Dan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They can eat very large prey as I see on the pic..fantastic animals..keep up the good work.
cheers niek
Oxyrhopus
Dec 02, 2006 08:30 AM
Yea, they can indeed tackle and swallow large food items in comparison to their head size etc. I once had a hatchling O. petola which was half the length of the rhom in that photo. I tried frogs and lizards for a month to no avail and never assist fed it legs. Its very first meal was a frog scented day-old pink it took on its own. It took him an hour to swallow it, but somehow he did and he held it down.
Dan
