Kingsnake.com - Herpforum - RE: Another random thought....

Posted by: DMong at Mon Mar 22 12:56:20 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]

"Althought they ate great that one time, I was leary. I prefer to have three definitive feeds in them as a general rule"

Yeah, me too. It always makes me feel better about KNOWING the animal has a good feeding response before being sold to a somewhat more novice buyer that might not know how to deal with the snakes that aren't quite as voracious as some of the others.

Also, it DEFINITELY depends on the genetic pre-disposition as to their eating, and exactly WHAT they will accept too. I had two huge clutches last year that a very large majority of them were a real pain in the arse to get started on ANYTHING! I used all freakin sorts of tricks too. Many Florida types tend to be a bit picky too, and/or only want to accept anoles. Which normally isn't a big deal for me al ALL here, as there are plenty of them around everywhere you look. But many of them could have cared less about anything offered. Eventually, most stuff sees the light eventually once something flips the "switch" with triggering a feeding response in their tiny little heads, but sometimes it is just unreal at how long some want to be stubborn no matter what is done.

I'd say your 70 feeder's out of 73 is WAY COOL!!!, wish some of the one's from my W/C stock last year were like those!..LOL!

~Doug
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