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baby cali king

mark5019 Aug 23, 2003 06:57 PM

ok shes been here 2 weeks and refuses to eat pinky
shes in a small contanier proper temps etc with hides.
1st time she refused i said ok wait a week, well 2nd attemp i put her in a small container in a dark closet with warmth.
still not eat will try again next week, any ideas.
im not a new person to keeping snakes never saw a king that wont eat.
she ate for the breeder, whom is in touch with me also helping

Replies (3)

lassiter Aug 23, 2003 11:27 PM

Have you tried braining a pinky and covering the pinky and the Caliking with a dark bowl. This has worked on my Hard headed Thayeri for a couple of years now. Email me if you have anymore problems. I have some more tricks if you need them, but this one usually works with Calikings.

dlassiter@stx.rr.com
John Lassiter

mark5019 Aug 24, 2003 10:13 AM

i will try that in 1 week see if that works giveing 1 more week to get real hungry

mark5019 Aug 24, 2003 06:33 PM

ok tried a brained pinky wont go near it ill let it set 12 more hrs then remove pinky dang this sucks i want this baby to live

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