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 Posted - 09/10/2008 : 16:57:56
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Hi All just joined the site i have 3 corn snakes sid which is 2 years old suki who is 1 year old and monty i took on as someone could not keep it which i am guessing is 3 years old .
the problem lies with sid he eats well but only pinkies he will not touch anything with fur on it i have tryed feeding him with fluffs every 3 weeks to see if he will take them but he will not go near them but as soon as i put pinkies in he eats perfectly well can anyone give me any advice on this apart from shaving the fluffs |
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Posted - 09/10/2008 : 17:09:14
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| Have you tried rat pups? My king has stopped eating fuzzies but loves rat pups now |
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boas (Hercules and Athena
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Posted - 09/10/2008 : 17:20:15
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Thanks for the advice i will try it out now i am going to sound dumb  but do rat pups have a different texture or is it that sid is not into mice. |
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Posted - 09/10/2008 : 17:48:34
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| Rat pups don't have any hair either but are about the same size as fuzzies. Rats also smell different to mice (and therefore I presume taste different) so your corn may just prefer them. Good luck |
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boas (Hercules and Athena
1.0.0 Arizona Mountain Kingsnake (Sylar) |
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Blackecho
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Kehhlyr
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Posted - 10/10/2008 : 00:56:59
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How strong is your stomach?
Have your tried to put a couple of pinky jackets onto larger mice?
or failing pinky jackets, you could do what i did a few sunturns back;
I blended some pinkies, and dipped some mice in, to encourage feeding.
Word of warning though, if you do this with your missus/other halves fave hand blender, it results in sleeping on the sofa  |
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Posted - 10/10/2008 : 16:16:05
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| Lol. Its bad enough when I use her hair dryer to warm mice up! |
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boas (Hercules and Athena
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gingerpony
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Posted - 10/10/2008 : 20:28:02
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| you could always buy your own reptile-dedicated blender/hairdryer for rodent-heating purposes |
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Kazerella
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 07:28:37
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| I actually think the blender option is better than the jacket one. At least your not touching the mice as you massacre them if your a power tool away |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 18:08:14
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| I would rather jacket one anyday! |
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 19:09:53
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| this may sound silly but you could try shaving the mouse so it looks like a pinky and has no hair like a pinky |
cb07 - male - corn snake
cb07 - male - red tailed boa
cb06 - female - salmon pink tarantula
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4 red bellied toads or a emperor scorpion cant decide :P |
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Blackecho
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 19:18:46
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Originally posted by cornsnakejames
this may sound silly but you could try shaving the mouse so it looks like a pinky and has no hair like a pinky
You're right....that does sound silly
Might work though. |
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gingerpony
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 20:00:48
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| just make sure you get your own mouse-shaving razors!! |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Posted - 12/10/2008 : 00:11:03
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| Lol good advice GP!! i don't imagine shaving a mouse would be all that easy, unless you used those mini bikini razor things... they'd probably do the job. I'm with Kaz though... i'd rather blend than jacket. |
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