i am soooo happy! guinness, my wc ball i got from the hamburg show finally took his first meal!i have had him for atleast six months and he wouldnt eat anything. i tried live, f/t, big ones small ones, everything i could. then saturday i had a fuzzy that my tegu wouldnt eat so just trying something i threw it in with him and he actually ate it. it was in there crawling around for about 2 hours, the first 1.5 hour i had him in the dark then about ten minutes after i turned his lights back on he ate it. i was soo happy! so, wanting to ruin a good thing. i went back and got 2 more hoppers on sunday and he ate them both. i know, he can eat much bigger prey items then this but he wont. i will get him eating bigger soon but im just gonna take it one step at a time. btw, these are fuzzy and hopper mice, not rats. he should be able to take adult mice and small rats. thats my next goal 
when do you guys think i should feed him next? i feed my other mouse-eaters every saturday. if i feed him every sat, how much and what size should i give him?
thanks for all you suggestions and help, it really paid off.
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1.0.0 bearded dragon
1.1.0 green iguana
0.0.1 columbian tegu
0.1.0 knight anole(looking for male)
0.1.0 green anole
1.1.0 golden gecko
1.0.0 ball python
0.0.5 oriental firebellied toad
0.0.1 green treefrog
0.0.1 barking treefrog
0.0.1 cuban masked treefrog
0.0.1 gray treefrog
0.1.0 gulf hammock rat snake
0.1.0 eastern kingsnake
0.1.0 siberian husky
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I would try feeding him several of the same size fuzzies every 5 days then try increasing the size.
Save yourself future headaches and don't buy imports!
Good luck with him.
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Steve Markevich
yay, the guy told me he was cb and feeding, then i found two ticks on him, not native, and he didnt eat for six months... lol i kinda caught on, unfortunatly after i brought him home. but all the work paid off and now im left with an animal i am very proud of.
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1.0.0 bearded dragon
1.1.0 green iguana
0.0.1 columbian tegu
0.1.0 knight anole(looking for male)
0.1.0 green anole
1.1.0 golden gecko
1.0.0 ball python
0.0.5 oriental firebellied toad
0.0.1 green treefrog
0.0.1 barking treefrog
0.0.1 cuban masked treefrog
0.0.1 gray treefrog
0.1.0 gulf hammock rat snake
0.1.0 eastern kingsnake
0.1.0 siberian husky
