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Need help with feeding please.

venombill Dec 12, 2004 06:46 PM

Last October I purchased cb1.1 Crotalus viridis helleri, Southern Pacific rattlesnakes and cb0.0.1 Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus, Southwestern Speckled rattlesnake from a local expo. All were newborns, but still advertised as feeding good on frozen thawed pinks. I guess they didn't like moving into my house because they have refused to eat for me. I have tried feeding them twice a week since they moved in. I have done all I know to do short of force feeding them, which I REALLY DON'T want to do. I've tried live, frozen, overnight in deli cups with both live and frozen. I even tried rat pinks just in case they thought the mouse pinks were too small. If anyone knows any other tricks I could try it would be greatly appreciated. Billy

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heloderma2004 Dec 12, 2004 09:10 PM

Billy....I too had trouble getting a juvenile pyrrhus to eat. I got a fuzzy that was malnourished and the little guy ate it pretty quick. I am not sure what triggered it to finally eat, but my only guess is it may have had something to do with the fur of the fuzzy.

venombill Dec 23, 2004 03:20 PM

Thanks for the advice. I tryed fuzzies, and they all three ate for me.

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