Up until today I haven’t given any updates to our girl Lucky’s babies.
All of them but 3 have been eating like little pigs (worms, pinky parts, salmon). The 3 in question have not eaten since they were born 3 weeks ago. They do the typical “go to the food dish, look around, sniff and leave”. Tonight after the others had eaten I could see these 3 were losing ground in size and weight.
I decided to make a trip to the pet store and purchased some guppies. 10 for $2. Back home I removed the legless pigs from there home so the non-eater would be isolated. The guppies went into a clear shallow bowl with just enough water for swimming. At first, the 3 holdouts could have cared less. You know, look, sniff and leave. Just when I thought it was hopeless, one of the guppies jumped out of the water. Just as it hit the bottom of the enclosure one of the babies sprang at it and nailed it from across the cage The other 2 sprang towards the action and tried to steal it from the one who had it. I jumped into the mix and tried to get some guppies out of the bowl to offer the others. As I did, most if the guppies jumped out. I had guppies flopping and babies striking. It was a thing of beauty. I backed off and enjoyed the show. My 3 holdouts are back and I will get better sleep tonight. Those guppies were priceless.