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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
 Posted - 31/01/2012 : 18:55:05
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Crystal has taken a feed after 10 weeks and 1 day!!! Following on from sexybears suggestion of scenting with a chick thigh. She grabbed the pinky from the forceps - no messing
I hadn't been able to get hold of a chick thigh yet, but we had chicken for tea, so i took the raw skin off the chicken and wrapped the pinky in the chicken skin to defrost and hey presto she's eaten. I've wrapped a couple more pinkys in chicken skin and put them in the freezer for when the next feed would be due - but then how do I wean her off the scented prey, am i best waiting until she's taken a couple more feeds.
I'm a very happy snake mummy tonight
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1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 18:57:30
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congrats :)
must be so releived |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Mort13
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5599 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 19:00:47
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Oh thats fantastic news! You must be absolutely over the moon.
I've never done the whole scenting thing,but I'd be inclined to give her a couple more feeds this way to get her back into the whole feeding routine again.
I'm sure if sexybear or someone else with experience of this reads your post you'll get the advice you need. |
      
3.1.0 Corn snakes, 1.0.0 T-Albino Cape House Snake, 0.1.0 Western Hognose,
1.0.0 MBK, 0.1.0 Childrens Python, 1.0.0 Nicaraguan Dwarf Boas
0.0.1 Occelated Skink, 1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, 1.0.3 Tarantulas, 0.0.2 Damon diadema
1.0.0 C0ckatiel,
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scottishbluebird
it is all my fault
United Kingdom
8403 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 19:11:36
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| Congrats! |
     
0.1.0 Corn - Kellogs
1.0.0 Hognose - Storm
0.1.0 Staffy - Lyla
1.0.0 Spaffy(staffy x springer)-Spyro
1.0.0 Ferret - Peanut R.I.P
0.1.0 Crestie - Fudge. Wish List - Pygmy hedgehog. Tropiocolotes |
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Auld Baldy
Ikea's Pimp
United Kingdom
1619 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 19:23:36
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| Halle-bloody-lujah! At last. No wonder you are happy. |
1.0.0: Miami Normal: Taggart
0.0.1: Carolina Normal: Wee Woody
0.0.1: Grey Rat Snake: Mirkey
0.0.1: Amel Corn: Blaze
1.0.0: Carpet Python: Vambo
0.0.1: MBK: Fester
0.0.1: Florida King Snake : Rattler (Rattle & Hum)
0.0.1. California King Snake: El Diablo Diego
0.2.0 Tarantulas : Ermintrude & Euphemia. |
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thistle
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1757 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 19:25:51
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| Fantastic news! Must be such a relief. |
2.0.0 Dogs (westie Angus, shih tzu Archie)
0.5.0 African Pygmy Hedgehogs (Harriet, Amelia, Matilda, Jemima, Maisie) RIP Hector
0.4.0 Guinea Pigs (Isobel, Effy, Mrs Mack & Sheila)
1.0.0 Lutino C0ckatiel (Sammy)
3.0.0 Corn Snakes - CB10 Amel (Barnaby), CB11 Anery Lavender (Bailey), CB10 Caramel Motley (Bradley)
0.1.0 CB11 Western Hognose Snake (Maggie) |
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kdlang
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3556 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 19:35:07
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| Nothing like that feeling when they finally eat after a long fast. My lavender has just had his second consecutive feed since October. I tried him with a rat pup instead of a mouse and he seems to like them. I never thought of scenting with chicken skin but I might try that with my hoggie |
4.1.0 corns - Izzy (Carolina) Alice (Amel) Peanut (Butter Motley) Swayze (Ghost) Carmellia (Butter Motley)
0.1.0 cat - Kizzy
1.0.0 Dog - Dobbie
Location - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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tordyjo
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2036 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 19:52:21
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| Pleased he's taking the rat pups for you 'kd', i didn't have that option with crystal she's too small for the rat pups, it was just an experiment with the chicken skin, i thought it must be similar scent to a chick thigh, they're both chicken after all, it may have been coincidence, but she fed thats all that matters |
LillyCrystalHarry
1.2.0 corns, 1.1.0 cats tropical guppies who continually breed
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nickyff
Yearling
507 Posts |
Posted - 31/01/2012 : 22:10:55
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congrats- that one is a massive 'phew!'
well done crystal! |
and you thought there was no such thing as a stupid question....
1.2.0 corns: captain haddock, sharon the tiddler and Darling Debbie. plus 0.2.0 cali kings: spot and Numpty... not forgetting the delightful Miss Lovely-Gonzalez-La-Poop apricot pueblan milk snake, and we all miss the Lodger who thought he was a cobra....
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Kath
Yearling
United Kingdom
697 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 12:26:40
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| Congrats on ur good news! No wonder ur happy..! |
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ShaneyyWithWiz
Hatchling
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 13:41:53
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| WOOO!! you must feel like someone has just taken the earth of your back, the weight on your shoulders!! |
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paulie78
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2331 Posts |
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Red123
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2030 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 16:38:35
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| Thats excellent news, so pleased for you and Crystal |
Corn Snake
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Royal Pythons
1.0.0 Normal (Nigel)
1.0.0 Albino (Tony)
Boa Constrictor Imperator
0.1.0 (Agatha)Western Hognose
0.1.0 Normal (Stevie)
0.0.1 Schneider Skink (George)
1.0.0 Extreme Blonde Harlequin Crested Gecko (Bert)
4 GALS.
Tarantulas
Red Rump (B. Vagans) Jo.
Chaco Golden Knee (G. pulchripes) Charlie, Greenbottle Blue (C. cyaneopubescens) Gus, Honduran Curly Hair ( B. albopilosum) Titch, Mexican Fire Leg (B. boehmei), Salmon Pink Bird Eater(L. parahybana), Fort Hall Baboon (P. Lugardi) Blanche, Stout Leg Baboon (E. Pachypus) Graham, Chilean Rose (G. Rosea) Glen.
Border collie x (BoB), 2 Cats (Lucky & Dip), 17 Goldfish, and The Dubia Family |
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nusnakemum
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1612 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 18:03:44
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| Yay very good news |
0.0.1 corn Ernest
0.1.0 leopard gecko Mrs T
1.0.0 anery Black Eyed Bill RIP Bill x
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CentricMalteser85
Banned Again
United Kingdom
131 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2012 : 22:41:36
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well done!!! and really pleased for you
though I would have to do the chick thigh method as I love cripsy chicken skin on my roast myself lol, be an interesting fight between me and snakey lol
as for weaning, perhas feed her a couple more times so in routine
and then instead of wrapping pinky in chicken skin, leave it next to it, and then less of it and so forth so you letting the scent effectively die down |
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 07:12:13
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| Great news, what a relief |
0.1.0 Okeetee (Sookie) 0.1.0 Powder (Luna) 0.1.0 Bloodred (Arlene) 0.1.0 Caramel Stripe (Tara)
0.1.0 Ghost (Crystal) 0.1.0 Caramel (Jessica) 0.1.0 Lavender Stripe (Portia) 1.0.0 Platinum (Godric)
0.1.0 Thayers King (Lettie Mae) 0.1.0 Albino Blairs King (Lorena) 0.1.0 Russian Ratsnakes (Pam)
0.1.0 Korean Ratsnake (Katerina) 1.0.0 Russian Ratsnake (Lafayette)
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tk72
Hatchling
United Kingdom
494 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 09:43:17
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| And relax. well done crystal. |
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smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5091 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2012 : 11:54:17
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| Oh wow that's great news, so glad she's finally eaten! What a fab idea to use the chicken skin - easy to get hold of too lol! |
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