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Paul82
Egg
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 25/06/2011 : 20:49:36
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How do u get a non feeding hachling to eat, its 10 weeks old and never eaten
I kno i mite have to force feed but how do i go about it.
plz any help would be grate. thanx  |
1.0.0, Rusty (Carolina)
1.0.0, Casper (Snow)
1.0.0, Mitch (miami) he is new but 21 years old.
Princess lady legs (curly hair TARANTULA)
2 Dogs, Bruce (jack russel)
Bella (staffy)
Wish list, Bloodred motley stripe, Candy cane stripe, Childrens python.
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 25/06/2011 : 20:59:09
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| If you've never done it before you need to contact a breeder or reptile shop in your area and watch how to ASSIST feed a hatchling, force feeding is something different. |
Anery Corn snake SPOT. Royal Python, DUKE. Hogg Island Boa, SANKE. Albino House Snake, HAL.
Harlequin Crested Gecko HARLEY
Albino Horned Frog WAKA
Chilean Rose Tarantula TRIXIE. Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-eating Tarantula SAM. Orange Baboon Tarantula BORIS.
Giant Asian Forest Scorpion, SALLY.
Giant African Land Snails, SHELDON & MICHELLE.
Budwing Mantis, MAIA
Dubia Roach Colony. Silkworm Colony. Mealworm Colony. Waxworm Colony. Fruit Beetle Colony.
MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/user/alocheeky |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 25/06/2011 : 22:08:21
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| wouldn't recommend an assist feed, more likely to try live before that! but there's plenty of options to try out first |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 26/06/2011 : 00:26:48
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Woah sorry I wasn't clear in my post, I wasn't recommending assist feeding as the next step either, just pointing out that force feeding is an absolute last resort.
On a slight other note I actually watched an assist feed today, it was actually very gently done and the snake didn't appear distressed at all. I was surprised by how easy he made it look, still I wouldn't want to try it without supervision.
What have you tried and how? |
Anery Corn snake SPOT. Royal Python, DUKE. Hogg Island Boa, SANKE. Albino House Snake, HAL.
Harlequin Crested Gecko HARLEY
Albino Horned Frog WAKA
Chilean Rose Tarantula TRIXIE. Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-eating Tarantula SAM. Orange Baboon Tarantula BORIS.
Giant Asian Forest Scorpion, SALLY.
Giant African Land Snails, SHELDON & MICHELLE.
Budwing Mantis, MAIA
Dubia Roach Colony. Silkworm Colony. Mealworm Colony. Waxworm Colony. Fruit Beetle Colony.
MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/user/alocheeky |
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
2901 Posts |
Posted - 26/06/2011 : 00:41:40
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assist feeding is very different to force feeding, very different. I have force fed a baby corn and its damn hard to do, you are better off using a pinky pump than trying to force feed.
there are many many things you can do before hand, live feeding a baby corn is unlikely to work, having tried it myself, and even if it does, i dont like doing it as the snake wont kill it first.
if you cant get it to feed, then a vets is the best bet for a syringe feeding. |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
4335 Posts |
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HannahB
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
5491 Posts |
Posted - 27/06/2011 : 14:44:52
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my aura didn't feed on her own for 7months - I had to feed her by hand half a pinkie every 5days after waiting for her to feed for herself for aaages.. having forced her to eat something for 4months I really don't ever want to do it ever again, too stressful for her and stressful for me too..
some just don't eat for ages, eventually all it took for aura to feed was me blowing the pinkie with the hair-drier while she was near it! |
2.0 Normal Royal Pythons - Q and Little One
1.0 Chihauhaun Mountain Kingsnake - Simba
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