tetras

[aquamentus_11]

You're probably right. I'm probably hexing her with my evil eye: the only man killed in the Salem witch trials was my ancestor, after all. I hate killing all these animals just to try to get her to eat though. It's like offering sacrifices to a tiny snake goddess.

[EasternGirl]

That's pretty interesting about your ancestor. I dated a crazy guy in high school who was convinced that I was giving him the evil eye every time I walked into a room he was in after we broke up. It worked out well for me though. It meant I never had to deal with him because he went screaming from the room every time I walked in. He did however manage to gain himself a reputation as a crazy person. He was quite entertaining for my friends and me though...and I have to admit, I kind of played into his delusion and glared at him whenever he looked at me...oh I'm terrible! But it still makes me laugh...

Hey...I have a bag of a hundred dead pinkies in my freezer just to feed my snakes. I'm a big animal lover and I had pet rats growing up. I just look at it as the natural order of things. I love my snakes and my snakes need to eat and that is that.

[aquamentus_11]

ah, high school. what a great age that was.

i'm fine with killing things as long as she eats them. it's just the fact that i keep wasting them that seems a shame.

[guidofatherof5]

It's like offering sacrifices to a tiny snake goddess.

[EasternGirl]

Well then you will have to just accept the fact that she is a tiny snake goddess and you are offering her sacrifices in worship of her awesomeness...

[aquamentus_11]

that's fair

[kibakiba]

I have many snakely gods and goddesses, and if they don't get their way that make my life a living hell!.... Not really, they just give me little pitiful faces.

[garterchick]

Nate, I feed all my babies nightcrawlers cut into small pieces (about 1/2 inch) together with pieces of pinkies in a bowl which I keep in the tank over night. That's been working well for me and, as you can tell by her size, it worked well for her while she was here. I tried the occasional guppy but actually got away from it because it's just too expensive for so many little ones. Hope she'll pick up eating soon, I know that it's frustrating when you try and nothing works.

[aquamentus_11]

ah, that might explain why she goes cruising at night. yeah, she looks great still. i just need to refine my technique.

[EasternGirl]

There you go! Maybe that's all you needed to know. Maybe she is just used to being feed in a particular way at a certain time. Try feeding her exactly like garterchick said and see if that works...that may be exactly why she is out and about at night...she's looking for food. Maybe it was a time thing.