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Force feeding tigers?

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Posted by Turtasal on May 12, 2003 at 10:07:23:

In Reply to: Force feeding tigers? posted by Larval_Matt on May 11, 2003 at 20:32:15:

:Hey all,

:What's the 'best' way of force feeding a tiger? Mine hasn't eaten since it morphed about a month ago, and it's awfully lethargic. I made a post on the 7th of May, but didn't get any feedback. I've got some earthworms and crickets...and I'm thinking if she gets any worse I might try to forcefeed her a worm. I realize force feeding places immense stress on the animal (not to mention the owner!), and should only be done as a last resort.

:Thanks for advice (both to this and to the May 7th posting)
:Matt

Did you say the temp is kept in the low 20's? Celsius? Fahrenheit? Something just isn't right, especially when you say you've lost another after morphing. What kind of substrate exactly? And what kind of light? I've never force fed any animal so I can't help there.




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