Eureka - she did it

[drache]

she did it
she did it
my recalcitant, stubborn like a 2-yr-old concinnus had a pinkiiiiieee
here I am, doggedly trying yet another method
it was the "put the pinkie in the bowl with the live minnows" method
I did thoroughly wash the pinkie with dish soap first to remove all offending smells
but I think what did the trick was the fact that she was really hungry, because for some reason there had been no minnows in any of the stores for over three days, and minnows don't hold you over for as long anyway
anyway - she took all
I'm a happy snake servant

[enigma200316]

congrats to you and your snake, thats great it should start to get easier
from here..............

[GarterGuy]

Good to hear that Rhea, hopefully she'll now continue to take them and it wasn't just a one time thing.

[drache]

Good to hear that Rhea, hopefully she'll now continue to take them and it wasn't just a one time thing.

yeah
I hope it's not just a one time thing - it did occur to me as well
even if I can fool her like this again
I still don't think it'll be easy from here on
at least I know it's not entirely impossible to get her to take one
but how the heck do I transition from that to dead pinkie on land with no lively fishies splashing about?
and I would like to beef her up a bit before winter
well, I'll see whether she'll do it again in a few days

[GarterGuy]

but how the heck do I transition from that to dead pinkie on land with no lively fishies splashing about?

One thing that's worked well for me is forcep feeding. Try and see if she'll take a fish from a pair of forceps. After a bit, she'll come to recongnize the forceps with food and should also take a pinky from them. Most of my garters will take anything that I offer to them on forceps.

[RZL36]

Thanks for the welcome James.

I only got headshots of the two (they are so vain and usually book when I come anywhere close to them with a camera). As soon as I take some full body shots I'll post.


Thanks,
RD

[adamanteus]

Great news Rhea. Well done you.

[Sid]

Good news Rhea. After mine started pinkies they generally prefer them over the other food items.

[Stefan-A]

Congratulations, Rhea.

[DEKAN]

Congratulations!