Hydra

[tress29]

haha it's always worthwhile when a cat finds out that he bit off more than he can chew.

Yesterday my boys had the ferrets out in their playpen. Our cat, Houdini likes to get in there and play with them. I don't know how he got on Farin's bad side, but she had hold of his bottom lip and he was bawling like a baby! Sure wish I had been home to see that!

[EasternGirl]

Oh right...are those the scabs from the wood piece? As long as they are healing up nicely and don't look infected or anything...no worried. I forgot about that...sorry. I wonder what we can do to get her to eat. Garterchick hasn't gotten back to you?

[aquamentus_11]

Nope, not a word. She did tell me she had her on worms and pinky pieces.

[EasternGirl]

I'm just wondering if there was a certain way that she fed her that she was used to or something. That's a shame that she isn't getting back to you. I think it's important to be able to communicate with the breeder so that you can ask questions, express concerns, etc. The breeder that I got Hermes from, Jason, followed my thread on Hermes after I got him and saw that I was having problems getting him to eat and gave me tips for feeding him...I thought that was really great.

[aquamentus_11]

Yeah, it would be helpful. She's probably just really busy. I don't think Hydra would have gotten this long if she wasn't eating for her and I trust her, regardless: she seemed very concerned about her during the whole shipping process and was helpful through it all. I've tried various lids, hemostats, forceps, fingers without luck. She seemed to react best to the live fish, but guppies are $3.50 a pop and that's too rich for my blood. The only other feeder fish available are goldfish (which I'm trying to avoid), platys (more expensive than the guppies) and some shiner-ish looking ones that are too large. I can't believe that she didn't have interest in the trout.....I wanted it.

[EasternGirl]

Well maybe she has some stuff going on right now in her life and she will get back to you when she can. As far as the feeding goes, I certainly understand not being able to spend a fortune on feeding your snake. But could you buy a couple guppies just to try to get her to eat something now since she hasn't eaten...and then we'll go from there? You could also try different kinds of fresh fillet. My snakes love salmon...not trout so much...and they don't like tilapia. I buy fresh Alaskan salmon at the seafood counter at my grocery store.

[aquamentus_11]

I will try both. today. I know the cat would appreciate it if she went for salmon: he gets a taste when I prepare fish for her

[EasternGirl]

My cats come out meowing when they smell the fish I fix for the snakes. Okay...well, good luck and keep us posted!

[Mommy2many]

Beautiful snake! Good luck. Keep trying the worms and fish, she'll eat when she is ready. As for the cat, I have a snake and a cat that like to "look & play" with each other. I am constantly reminding both of them that "you" cannot play with the furry one and "you" cannot play with the slithery one.

[aquamentus_11]

I'm so tempted to just let her at him when she gets to full size.