Picky and frightened redchin male!

Posted by Peter Andersson on June 03, 2002 at 18:10:22:

Hi, my eastern yearling has become a quite troublesome feeder... (mostly been difficult since I got him in march this year) He hasn´t been eating for a couple of weeks now!(no shedding on the way) I have to lure him when feeding him f/t mice but it takes a lot of time and effort and it doesn´t work every time... At first he seems to be interested but then something else comes to his mind! Several times last week I have failed and I had to throw the mice away... My other two eastern females and my kingsnake can´t eat them all! ;)

There is no problem with my females and the conditions are the same for the male indigo.

He is in good overall shape, still!

I have run out of ideas, someone got any suggestions?

/Peter

Ps. A few evenings(he usually won´t take anything at daytime) ago I lifted his hiding place away and found him buried into the substrate and tickled him on the his back with the mouse, held with a plier, to get him curious. He hissed some and finally he came up striking repeatedly the mouse like a rattler but he didn´t take it, he was really mad! Maybe this was unwise of me but I have allways been gentle to him before and I liked to try! By the way, I´m not looking forward to meet him in that mood when he is 6-7 feet long! ;)

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• Re: Picky and frightened redchin male! Dean Goudie 06/06/02 (1)
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  • Re: Picky and frightened redchin male....be flexible Peter Andersson 06/05/02 (4)
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      • Re: Picky ...be flexible Peter Andersson 06/07/02 (2)
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          • Re: You´re no good for me, C&B; jg! *laughing* Peter Andersson 06/08/02 (0)

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: Hi, my eastern yearling has become a quite troublesome feeder... (mostly been difficult since I got him in march this year) He hasn´t been eating for a couple of weeks now!(no shedding on the way) I have to lure him when feeding him f/t mice but it takes a lot of time and effort and it doesn´t work every time... At first he seems to be interested but then something else comes to his mind! Several times last week I have failed and I had to throw the mice away... My other two eastern females and my kingsnake can´t eat them all! ;) : There is no problem with my females and the conditions are the same for the male indigo. : He is in good overall shape, still! : I have run out of ideas, someone got any suggestions? : /Peter : Ps. A few evenings(he usually won´t take anything at daytime) ago I lifted his hiding place away and found him buried into the substrate and tickled him on the his back with the mouse, held with a plier, to get him curious. He hissed some and finally he came up striking repeatedly the mouse like a rattler but he didn´t take it, he was really mad! Maybe this was unwise of me but I have allways been gentle to him before and I liked to try! By the way, I´m not looking forward to meet him in that mood when he is 6-7 feet long! ;)

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