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...for the very first time! These, like all my babies, have both been on tuna scented rodents from the time I received them and these two have always been my best eaters. I was feeding my Tricolor today when I decided to thaw out two extra pinkies and offer them to these girls unscented just for kicks and they took them without any coersion. I have about fifteen other babies that I am going to try this with later tonight. I may have to decrease the scent gradually for some, but eventually I hope to get all the babies to this point. Wish me luck!

Jennifer

Glad to hear it! The thought process I always go through when I finally get them to eat unscented, is what have I been wasting my time on? It seems as though they attack their unscented food just as eagerly as scented that its as if they didn't need the scent at all!
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Ha, well I'm still trying to get my juvenile male to take a rodent of any kind. All he'll eat are spadefoots.

They certainly do! My first thought was, "Now, was that so bad?!" I tried the unscented on the remaining babies last night and a majority of them followed suit. I am finally reaping the benefits of all the time and effort I have put into these little guys... although I now have the smell of tuna permanently embedded into my fingers, ha ha!