For the suggestions on getting my hypo glades to eat!I tried tease feeding and over half of them ate!!I wasn't at the panic stage yet since the clutch hatched between July 29 and Aug.3rd.
Jeff
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Thanks guys!....
cochran
Aug 20, 2011 07:36 AM
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tbrock
Aug 20, 2011 10:53 AM
That's great, Jeff!
Most of the baby obsoletus I've had were pretty feisty biters. Feisty babies usually equals good tease feeders - good strike / feed response...
I have a yearling Vietnamese rhino rat which I STILL have to tease feed - better than force feeding, which I also had to do for a while. I have come up with a modified tease feeding method for her. I have a hide with the hole in the top, in her tub - I dangle her food inside the hide, knocking it around until she gets mad enough to strike. She does not have much of an inclination to strike outside of her hide, but invading her hide seems to do the trick...
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research
pinelandsghost
Aug 20, 2011 11:20 AM
One other thing you can try to jump start the feeding response I use is to assist feed with a clipped piece (1"
of a mouse tail. This works very well especially with tiny newborns.
It can still be a headache getting babies to feed and I'm dealing with it again too.
Mike.
