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I let my bairdi sit for a week untouched didnt even open his cage except to add water. I got a live pinky today and put him in the brown bag with the pink about 4 hours ago and i just checked and he hasnt eaten it..i stood there and watched him for a minute and he was smelling it and pushed it around and it was just wiggling. What now? How long can the pinky stay alive away from its mother?
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The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

Battling ignorance one stupid person at a time.

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat(Lola)
1.0 Neonate Black Rat (het for Lic Stk's) (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)

My posts are my opinion only. What you end up doing is your own choice. I will not be held liable for any negative outcome of my advice. (However I will never intentionally give bad advice. My advice is ALWAYS geared towards a positive outcome.)

I ended up closing the bag back and put it in his tank and i'll leave it till tomorrow morning.
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The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

Battling ignorance one stupid person at a time.

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat(Lola)
1.0 Neonate Black Rat (het for Lic Stk's) (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)

My posts are my opinion only. What you end up doing is your own choice. I will not be held liable for any negative outcome of my advice. (However I will never intentionally give bad advice. My advice is ALWAYS geared towards a positive outcome.)

>>I ended up closing the bag back and put it in his tank and i'll leave it till tomorrow morning.

It sounds like the prey is not 'quite' right for him. I personally would try braining the pinky and tease him with it a bit to see if that gets a response. If not then I would wait 3 or 4 days and try again with a fresh beheaded pink.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron