Re: Picky and frightened redchin male....be flexible

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Posted by Peter Andersson on June 05, 2002 at 14:27:03:

In Reply to: Re: Picky and frightened redchin male....be flexible posted by regalringneck on June 04, 2002 at 07:13:10:

Thanks for your reasonable reply, regalringneck! Today, my male took one ratpinky and a mouse afterwards without my effort to lure him, feels good!

Here in Sweden all wild snakes and lizards are protected. Besides, you can be happy, or sad, if you see a roadkill a year... And I won�t pay 30 dollars for a meal of a live captive born snake or lizard... Rather force feed then. But the fish alternative could be a solution if he�s starting to refuse the mice and pinkies again.

Thanks again for some perspectives!

/Peter

: Peter, an easy solution is, you need to start offering this beast different prey, otherwise you risk losing it. The guardians eat a wide range of prey in the wild & have done so for a few million years or so, you probably want to quit fighting this & try & duplicate it. I find many snakes (not all) @ different stages of life insist on certain prey, they're hardwired for these. Offer it a good fresh roadkilled snake/lizard or fish & watch your fingers! Later, you can move it over to the proper captive diet of straight flagel & rats!!!

: : 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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: Thanks for your reasonable reply, regalringneck! Today, my male took one ratpinky and a mouse afterwards without my effort to lure him, feels good! : Here in Sweden all wild snakes and lizards are protected. Besides, you can be happy, or sad, if you see a roadkill a year... And I won�t pay 30 dollars for a meal of a live captive born snake or lizard... Rather force feed then. But the fish alternative could be a solution if he�s starting to refuse the mice and pinkies again. : Thanks again for some perspectives! : /Peter : : Peter, an easy solution is, you need to start offering this beast different prey, otherwise you risk losing it. The guardians eat a wide range of prey in the wild & have done so for a few million years or so, you probably want to quit fighting this & try & duplicate it. I find many snakes (not all) @ different stages of life insist on certain prey, they're hardwired for these. Offer it a good fresh roadkilled snake/lizard or fish & watch your fingers! Later, you can move it over to the proper captive diet of straight flagel & rats!!! : : : : : 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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