Hydra

[aquamentus_11]

she literally just smelled a piece of worm then violently recoiled and shook her head.....

[kibakiba]

My babies used to do that at the sight of slightly alive night crawler chunks. They all just freaked out... Their first meal was fish and pinky

[aquamentus_11]

it's weird though because she only responds to movement so if movement freaks her out, she's in trouble lol

[kibakiba]

Just give her some time She'll get the hang of it eventually.

[aquamentus_11]

it's driving me insane. this was supposed to give me an outlet away from schoolwork.....

[EasternGirl]

Well..it is giving you an outlet away from your schoolwork..it's driving you insane and giving you something to obsess over. Seeley used to do that...and he is my picky eater. He would always do the dance or the ritual, as I would call it, he would stalk his food dish...circle around it...back away...dart in and out of his plants at it...sniff the food..back away...it could go on for hours before he would eat...and sometimes he wouldn't eat much at all, or he wouldn't end up eating. And he has gotten scared off from food...he has tried to eat pieces that were too big for him and then refused food for a month. Maybe it has to do with small, young snakes...some of them anyway...the timid ones, I have no idea. All I can tell you is that he eats sometimes...he surprised me and ate a whole plate of pinky last night and he usually doesn't like pinky...he seems to eat all of his food when I put the reptamin on it...he loves it.

[aquamentus_11]

hmmm maybe reptamin will help. btw, i think scylla may make a comeback. if not, i think i at least have my gf convinced on another ribbon. i levered her dislike of mites against her fear of another tank when i offered to compromise and get a ringneck instead. would rather get scylla back though

[EasternGirl]

Buy some reptamin and try it...works like a charm for Seeley. Now I don't know how safe it is for garters to have in large quantities on a regular basis...because it is turtle food. But I know Wayne uses it in the garter goulash in small amounts...and I use it in even smaller amounts. I just take one or two of the little sticks and crush them into powder and then sprinkle a little of that...enough to make a little flavoring...on top of the food and then mix it around.

Has she seen Scylla up close enough to know if you brought Scylla home and told her it was a ringneck? Does she know the difference?

[aquamentus_11]

hahaha she's held her as much as i have so that wouldn't work.

[EasternGirl]

Darn...