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| elament |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 15:00:35
I would like to take some piccys of Xena when she is eating next but am worried the flash may put her off. My camera isnt to good and for some reason it wont take very good flashless pics.
I know some of you do but do you think its a good idea to use flash when corns are feeding?
Cheers
Steve
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| Kellog |
Posted - 22/02/2010 : 04:16:26
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Originally posted by elament
........... many thanks to kellog for the benefit of her wisdom this morning.
 (you know thanks are not necessary Steve, as I have already told you!!)
xxx
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| elament |
Posted - 21/02/2010 : 11:32:43
OK having had the benefit of speaking to kellog this morning I can now see by feeding her on demand I am setting myself up for trouble when she goes up a size on feeds. I think to be honest not having much experience at feeding multiple prey items and that combined with the fact of Xenas previous feeding issue I may have been a little eager to get food items down her. I will now be doing things differently but I wanted to say thanks to Godzchild for bringing that up and many thanks to kellog for the benefit of her wisdom this morning.
Cheers
Steve
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| Kellog |
Posted - 21/02/2010 : 10:26:47
I have only ever had experience with Silvesta of feeding 2 prey items and I must admit that I do wait until the first bump is well down the body before I offer him the 2nd....no matter how hungry he is. But as I said, I have only done this with him and only because it seemed the most sensible option. As for how it SHOULD be done, I have no idea!
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| elament |
Posted - 21/02/2010 : 10:11:21
Dunno all i can say is I never had a problem with her feeding like that. She must know what she is doing and you can see after the first has gone down she gets very impatient for the second (and just lately a third). I think its advisable to wait till its gone down a bit but like i said I never had any problems with her.
Editted to add: when she goes onto two larges I will be adopting a different method of feeding and spacing them out a bit but at the moment with the first one being a one day old I dont think its an issue but if someone thinks otherwise please correct me as I would hate to think I am doing anything wrong by letting her feed on demand. |
| n/a |
Posted - 21/02/2010 : 06:56:21
Ok...I just saw something that brought up a question. I have always waited until I can see the lump suffienciently moved to the stomach area, but I noticed that in this case the lump seemed hardly passed the lung area. When feeding more than one at a time, is there a time limit between prey items? Or do you just give one right after the other?[quote]Originally posted by elament
Managed to get these...
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| Kellog |
Posted - 21/02/2010 : 04:25:23
Love the pics Stephen, so good to see her feeding....and such a relief!! Love the 'Gone' pics....in both of them she has this satisfied smile on her face!!
I must admit that I use the flash with both of mine...but never close to them, but stay at a distance and zoom. Each one I tried out carefully first, waiting to see if there was any reaction....and they both totally ignored it so I have continued.
I have heard that red-eye snakes do have problems with the flash and often owners cover the flash with rizla paper to get around this.
Once again, so good to see those pics of her - thank you  !!
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| elament |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 19:34:14
Just noticed if you look at the top pic you can see the sky remote through the feeding tub it gives you an idea how big she is and to think she is ten months old doesnt look possible does it
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| elament |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 19:29:00
Managed to get these...
First one...
Going down...
Gone
No2 (large one this time)
Going...
going...
Gone
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| n/a |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 15:30:12
When I snap a photo of Snickers she starts coming toward the camera so I have to pull back otherwise I get a very blurred upclose of her tongue.quote:
Originally posted by elament
I would like to take some piccys of Xena when she is eating next but am worried the flash may put her off. My camera isnt to good and for some reason it wont take very good flashless pics.
I know some of you do but do you think its a good idea to use flash when corns are feeding?
Cheers
Steve
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| elament |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 15:13:37
Hmmmmnnn me thinks I can feel a photoshoot coming on lol. Id love you guys to be able to see how she gobbles down her dinners now. In fact I am thinking of feeding her tonight as I been feeding her two one day old pinkies every six days but she has been looking for more so I am thinking of feeding her tonight instead (5 days) and trying some larger pinks next week say try her with one large and one small every six days with a view to getting her on two large every six.
What do you think (sorry know its off topic but i like to check everything i do with you guys first) |
| elament |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 15:05:50
Thanks for the ideas SB. The problem is if i switch the flash off the camera it seems to take longer to expose the photo and I get camera shake but i just have had a bit of a brainwave I do have a tripod somewhere |
| SexyBear77 |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 15:04:40
Ok, what about setting up a lamp or something nearby to shed good light. |
| elament |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 15:03:52
hmmn good idea I normally feed them both at night as I thought thats when they would be hunting in the wild |
| SexyBear77 |
Posted - 20/02/2010 : 15:02:26
I think that when feeding and they are feeling more vulnerable that yes, flashes can upset them. I also think that seeing as they dont have eyelids that a flash is pretty bothering under normal circumstances too!
You could always put her in good sunlight to eat her tea and try without a flash? |
