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    Ophiuchus rhea drache's Avatar
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    more tricks please

    my concinnus - mom of babies - still will not take pinkie
    not even by accident
    it's so odd
    everybody says, the concinnus can be gotten to eat anything
    her babies had no problem recognizing pinkie strips as food
    she doesn't though and it makes no difference what I scent them with
    she won't take trout pieces or f/t minnows either - live food only apparently
    I'm getting a little irritated at her
    I'd thought if I put the pinkie in with worms over night . . .
    well, the worms are gone of course
    she's a good eater - always hungry - and I'm trying to tell her that a rodent would be so much more satisfying
    alas the rodent was still there - covered with dirt and worm slime
    I'm rambling now
    any more suggestions?
    she's still pretty shy, so tweezer feeding won't work
    rhea
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    Re: more tricks please

    have you tried tweezer feeding though or is it just a guess because she is shy? my tetra babies are still very shy but i have been able to tweezer feed them and are quite vicious when i wiggle it on with the tweezers lol

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    Re: more tricks please

    I'll have to try it, but she always disappears when I open her enclosure
    I've never seen a snake slither backwards so fast
    the plan was to fatten her up a bit with what she likes, so I can let her get a bit hungry
    I've just been busy with the babies - not to mention the move
    rhea
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    Re: more tricks please

    lol it looks real cool when they quickly slither back lol sooo funny. dont worry though she wil start eating again when she is ready.

    the way i feed the babies and sissle (because he is a very stubourn lil bugga) is i take all the hides and plants and anything that they can hide in and just waft the mouse infront of them lol but with sissle i have to leave him in with just the mouse. the babies have just started taking the pinkie parts from the tweezers lol sooooo cute lol

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    Re: more tricks please

    Quote Originally Posted by LushLulu85 View Post
    lol it looks real cool when they quickly slither back lol sooo funny. dont worry though she wil start eating again when she is ready.

    the way i feed the babies and sissle (because he is a very stubourn lil bugga) is i take all the hides and plants and anything that they can hide in and just waft the mouse infront of them lol but with sissle i have to leave him in with just the mouse. the babies have just started taking the pinkie parts from the tweezers lol sooooo cute lol

    I agree with Lulu mine do the backward slide into a hide also,but if I wiggle
    something in front of her she will usually not hesitate to take it....
    Justin

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    Re: more tricks please

    Quote Originally Posted by LushLulu85 View Post
    lol it looks real cool when they quickly slither back lol sooo funny. dont worry though she wil start eating again when she is ready.

    the way i feed the babies and sissle (because he is a very stubourn lil bugga) is i take all the hides and plants and anything that they can hide in and just waft the mouse infront of them lol but with sissle i have to leave him in with just the mouse. the babies have just started taking the pinkie parts from the tweezers lol sooooo cute lol
    its so funny when they eat it and start like swingin around lik it is alive lol
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    Re: more tricks please

    okay
    I just fed her last night (she ate the worms and left bedraggled rodent)
    so perhaps I'll try tweezer feeding Monday
    rhea
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    Re: more tricks please

    Do you wash the pinkies first, Rhea? To minimise the mousey smell? That can help.
    James.

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    Re: more tricks please

    Rhea, since she likes anything else that is live, I'd give her live pinkies if it's available in your area. Then getting her to take f/t will be easier.
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    Re: more tricks please

    might have to try wrapping the worms around the pinkies...got one of my concinnus to take them that way....kinda didn't have a choice, eating the worm wrapped around the pink..ate them both...

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