Re: Feeding Trick for problem hatchlings

Posted by Juergen on December 21, 2000 at 03:44:36:

In Reply to: Feeding Trick for problem hatchlings posted by Doug T on December 20, 2000 at 20:46:55:

: I've had a couple of hatchlings that haven't voluntarily eaten since they hatched in July. I've force fed them each twice after offering food in every way, scent, I could think of with the snake refusing all of them.

: The other day I picked up some pinks (5). I then saw one of the indigos was opaque so I put all 5 with the other little one. She ate all 5 of them.

: I told this to a guy who breeds all sorts of snakes and he said he's noticed with some of his snakes that having a bunch of pinkies in the cage sometimes works. His thought was that it's like coming across a mouses nest with a bunch of pink babies. The sensory overload takes them and they eat all they can.

: It worked with a snake that hasn't voluntarily eaten in 6 months now. Hopefully it will work on the other problem feeder.

: Have any of you come across this or tried this trick?

: DT

I tryed this about 2 month ago, it worked, too. My male dosn´t like to eat prekilled. I bought some babychickens and did cut off the legs and did offer them to him. He started to eat right away.

Excuse my mistakes, but my schooltime is a long time ago.

Greetings from Germany

Juergen

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: : I've had a couple of hatchlings that haven't voluntarily eaten since they hatched in July. I've force fed them each twice after offering food in every way, scent, I could think of with the snake refusing all of them. : : The other day I picked up some pinks (5). I then saw one of the indigos was opaque so I put all 5 with the other little one. She ate all 5 of them. : : I told this to a guy who breeds all sorts of snakes and he said he's noticed with some of his snakes that having a bunch of pinkies in the cage sometimes works. His thought was that it's like coming across a mouses nest with a bunch of pink babies. The sensory overload takes them and they eat all they can. : : It worked with a snake that hasn't voluntarily eaten in 6 months now. Hopefully it will work on the other problem feeder. : : Have any of you come across this or tried this trick? : : DT : I tryed this about 2 month ago, it worked, too. My male dosn´t like to eat prekilled. I bought some babychickens and did cut off the legs and did offer them to him. He started to eat right away. : Excuse my mistakes, but my schooltime is a long time ago. : Greetings from Germany : Juergen

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