Thought I would share this. Don't see these around much. I have a male and a female. This is the male eating a live fish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of-BgvfRdPY
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Rare Vid - Battersby's eating fish
overboosted
Oct 14, 2009 09:03 PM
Replies (5)
Fish_Demon
Oct 15, 2009 10:43 AM
I hope goldfish aren't the only thing you're feeding it, though (it would be best to eliminate them completely).
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- Natalie
(San Francisco Bay Area)
DMong
Oct 15, 2009 12:41 PM
Yes, isn't it a chemical in the fish that prevents the synthesis of calcium or something like that?. I've heard about this before as well.
~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
overboosted
Oct 15, 2009 02:18 PM
Well,,,i was told by the previous owner that they just ignore mice and love fish and frogs. Don't know where to get feeder frogs local so fish is the easiest
Maybe I will try small anoles?
Any suggestions? There is very sparse info on this breed on the internet.
DMong
Oct 15, 2009 07:07 PM
Yeah, I do know they will bang lizards readily, I've seen pics before with them swallowing gecko's, and would very likely love anoles too, especially since anoles are very arboreal.
You could even scent stuff to get it to eat just about anything you want too, then after a while, you wouldn't even have to use the scenting trick anymore. I do that ALL THE TIME with some of the stuff I produce to get them going initially with a feeding response.
~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
tokaysrnice
Oct 17, 2009 04:26 PM
Certain fish are contain thiaminase gold fish are one of them, check out this thread on the indigo forum.
http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1747462,1747462
I feed some of my snakes, DOR snakes and fish almost exclusively with no problems.
I would try scenting pinkies with fish to get it switched over. Take FT pinkies and wash them with hand soap. Then shake the pink around in a delicup with said prey item. You can also try it with live pinkies just be careful when you give them a bath. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't with picky species of snakes.
Nate
