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ted89
Egg
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 19/07/2012 : 16:46:01
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| im worried about one of my hatchies, while all my others are onto their second shed, this one hasnt even shed once nor has it ate anything.its half the size as all the others. im really not sure what to do with it :( any advice? |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2012 : 17:15:10
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| how old is he/she? |
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ted89
Egg
United Kingdom
83 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2012 : 17:19:37
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| just over a month, its lost a little weight and sometimes it seems asif its struggling to move :/ it drinks no problem but the thing is its not even half the width of a small pinkie |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2012 : 17:21:52
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| it should of had at least one shed. is it feeding properly? |
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ted89
Egg
United Kingdom
83 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2012 : 17:25:08
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| never ate anything, only drinks |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2012 : 18:00:14
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| trouble is you have a month to get a non-feeding hatchling eating, after that it gets weaker by the day. have you tried just a pinkie head or scenting the pinkie with a chick thigh. got one of mine eating by feeding the chick thigh itself. you can also try braining the pinkie (slicing the pinkies head). if none of these work the last option is force feeding which is not a nice thing to do (i'm actually doing it with 4 hatchlings at the moment). ideally you would need someone with experience to show you how to do this. remember if you did decide to do this remember you could be doing it for a few weeks or even a few months. all said and done though some hatchlings are not destined to survive |
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ted89
Egg
United Kingdom
83 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2012 : 21:56:50
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| a few of my other hatchlings refused to eat and i tried chick thighs with them (im sure it was you actually who suggested it to me) and i had success with them, but with the other nothing has seemed to work, i tried just the head of a pinkie, braining i tried chick thighs also removing all the feathes, so i may try force feeding i'll have to research up on that. Thanks for your help Kev |
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kev 5
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3065 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2012 : 22:06:10
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| thats o.k.. if you do force feed and it is a small hatchling i use a peice of rats tail, it goes down a lot easier |
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viraleye
Yearling
United Kingdom
695 Posts |
Posted - 19/07/2012 : 22:07:07
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| Try boiling a pinkie till the skin turns white then put it straight in... it just worked for me!! |
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