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Posted by Rob Carmichael on September 07, 2002 at 06:38:23:
In Reply to: Need input on whether my Indigo finally started eating posted by jusmebabe on September 06, 2002 at 19:24:54:
All you can do is offer food again in 5 days and see what happens. Once baby indigos begin feeding, their responses can be very aggressive (towards food items). Personally, I don't like to start my baby indigos on herps...to many opportunities for disease transmission unless you have a good source. I have rarely had any difficulties getting my hatchlings to start taking day old quail, or, small fuzzies scented with fish. Just something to consider.
:I posted a few posts down about my female red chin Indigo and feeding. Well i placed a green anole in her cage which she hadn't touched in about 5 days. Yesterday i also placed a non feeding cornsnake i recieved from a breeder inside. Well i came home that evening (yesterday) and they were both gone. The anole i know couldn't have escaped but the corn may have been able to slip through a small hole in the rubbermaid i house my Indigo in. The corn crawled in the hide the indigo stays in so i doubt that it escpaed but always a possibility. She has never fed 44 days but has shed. Do they have bowel movements even if they haven't eaten? I thought awhile back i saw what looked like fecal matter. I ask this as i can judge if she has a bowel movement in the next few days but if they have one anyway then i won't know if she has finally started eating. Any input on this would be helpful. By the way the cornsnake was a tiny and 3 weeks old and the anole was small so i can't tell b feeling or looking at her.
