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i have a baby gray-band that wont eat. he has shed once and i do not know what to scent his pinks with, is a mediterranean gecko good enough? or can someone describe assit-feeding to me? or any other method? thank you

You can wash off the pinky with water and non scented soap. Then scent with...

Med Gecko
or
Anole
or
Scelop

or anything you can find that may fit their fancy. Make sure to rub the lizard all over the head of the pinky. Some folks skin the lizard and attach it to the pinky.

Good luck,

Steven X

Follow the link below to the paper that Joe wrote on this topic.. It should be helpful.

Good Luck!

~ Mike Russo

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Link

thanks for the help. i have a pinky pump for a last resort, how do i use it?

I have a pinky pump, but i don't use it with Alterna. In my opinion if they are not eating then they are usually too small.. I have better success assist feeding mouse tails as a last resort..

Does anyone here use a pump with alterna?

~ Mike Russo

how many tails do you use?

>>I have a pinky pump, but i don't use it with Alterna. In my opinion if they are not eating then they are usually too small.. I have better success assist feeding mouse tails as a last resort..
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>>Does anyone here use a pump with alterna?
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>>~ Mike Russo
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I use a pump but only do so if the snake isn't in a weakened condition. In other words if the snake never ate and it's weak I won't do it because I find that the stress will usually kill the snake at that point. So I basically decide to pump or not to pump after the first few attempts at getting it to eat.

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Steve W.

up there in north jersey?????.......here's atail for ya..

i lied in jersey for a while, i think it was a bar in atlantic city or jersey city. but seriously how many tails you think would be good?