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well, my little snow wasn't eating, which was odd. she ate the first night i had her, then shed a few days later, then refused all food since. I've had her about 3 weeks.

well, last night i tried scenting a pinky with a frozen/thawed anole. she wanted none of that. so i cut off the anole tail. she took that without hesitation. then i cut off the anole's foot and stuffed that in the pinky's mouth. that seemed to work, until the foot fell out and she ate just that. finally i cut a small hole in the pinky's head (i won't get too graphic) and jammed a small segment of anole leg in there. well, she took it.

it really is amazing to see how a lizard gets their feeding instincts out. she went nuts when she smelled that lizard.

anywho,
what's the next step to ween her off lizards.

thanks.

Congrats!! I love these success stories. I would not worry about getting her off lizards. Just scent the next few feedings and she will accept unscented in no time.

Marcel

>>well, my little snow wasn't eating, which was odd. she ate the first night i had her, then shed a few days later, then refused all food since. I've had her about 3 weeks.
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>>well, last night i tried scenting a pinky with a frozen/thawed anole. she wanted none of that. so i cut off the anole tail. she took that without hesitation. then i cut off the anole's foot and stuffed that in the pinky's mouth. that seemed to work, until the foot fell out and she ate just that. finally i cut a small hole in the pinky's head (i won't get too graphic) and jammed a small segment of anole leg in there. well, she took it.
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>>it really is amazing to see how a lizard gets their feeding instincts out. she went nuts when she smelled that lizard.
>>
>>anywho,
>>what's the next step to ween her off lizards.
>>
>>thanks.
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

Next time just try rubbing the lizard on the mouse. A couple of times and you should be able to go right to unscented.

>>Congrats!! I love these success stories. I would not worry about getting her off lizards. Just scent the next few feedings and she will accept unscented in no time.
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>>Marcel
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>>>>well, my little snow wasn't eating, which was odd. she ate the first night i had her, then shed a few days later, then refused all food since. I've had her about 3 weeks.
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>>>>well, last night i tried scenting a pinky with a frozen/thawed anole. she wanted none of that. so i cut off the anole tail. she took that without hesitation. then i cut off the anole's foot and stuffed that in the pinky's mouth. that seemed to work, until the foot fell out and she ate just that. finally i cut a small hole in the pinky's head (i won't get too graphic) and jammed a small segment of anole leg in there. well, she took it.
>>>>
>>>>it really is amazing to see how a lizard gets their feeding instincts out. she went nuts when she smelled that lizard.
>>>>
>>>>anywho,
>>>>what's the next step to ween her off lizards.
>>>>
>>>>thanks.
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>>Marcel Poots (Holland)
>>'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

Next time just try rubbing the lizard on the mouse. A couple of times and you should be able to go right to unscented.

>>Congrats!! I love these success stories. I would not worry about getting her off lizards. Just scent the next few feedings and she will accept unscented in no time.
>>
>>Marcel
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>>>>well, my little snow wasn't eating, which was odd. she ate the first night i had her, then shed a few days later, then refused all food since. I've had her about 3 weeks.
>>>>
>>>>well, last night i tried scenting a pinky with a frozen/thawed anole. she wanted none of that. so i cut off the anole tail. she took that without hesitation. then i cut off the anole's foot and stuffed that in the pinky's mouth. that seemed to work, until the foot fell out and she ate just that. finally i cut a small hole in the pinky's head (i won't get too graphic) and jammed a small segment of anole leg in there. well, she took it.
>>>>
>>>>it really is amazing to see how a lizard gets their feeding instincts out. she went nuts when she smelled that lizard.
>>>>
>>>>anywho,
>>>>what's the next step to ween her off lizards.
>>>>
>>>>thanks.
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>>Marcel Poots (Holland)
>>'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield
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>>
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

I had something similar happen. I had bought an adult corn, and it was obvious he'd only ever been fed mice. He wouldn't touch rats at all. In order to switch him over, I had to skin a mouse, put the fir on the rat like a wig, and then the snake would take it, even if the mouse-wig fell off! It wasn't 'food' until he caught the smell of mouse, apparently. Well, a few weeks of that, and rat was just as much food as mouse was.

-Kat
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"You keep WHAT in your freezer?"
"Mice. And rats. If that bothers you, I can call them 'cows' instead."

Uh... fir = fur... hehe... had my head in the trees, apparently.
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"You keep WHAT in your freezer?"
"Mice. And rats. If that bothers you, I can call them 'cows' instead."