Have you guys noticed any variation in the feeding preference of the various locals. If so is any local more adaptable to starting on domestic mice than the others? I've seen this discussed with zonata but never for alterna. Thanks in advance.
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Feeding preference of locals
Tony D
Feb 19, 2013 07:51 AM
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Aaron
Feb 22, 2013 01:18 PM
With wild caughts the eastern localities seem to take mice more readily that the western localities(which often prefer lizards) but with captive born babies I haven't noticed much difference, they all want lizards. Others may tell you different because I really haven't produced very many clutches from western localities.
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saddleman
Feb 26, 2013 09:38 PM
I think eastern populations are the easiest to get started on mice and the western populations are the hardest. My Loma Alta babies come out of the egg eating ft pinks and my Xmas babies are the hardest to get started. My Comstock and Langtry babies are fairly easy and my Sanderson are a little harder. My Juno babies were easy.
If you look at the wild animals from those areas, they are also bigger from east to west. Brewster and Presidio Co. Animals being the smallest, you would think maybe they eat more lizards in the wild.
Tony D
Mar 01, 2013 10:33 AM
Great information.
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TCReptile
Mar 05, 2013 06:43 AM
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