Help!

[adamanteus]

4 or 5 a week?

Yes, at first, but you may need to upgrade to fuzzies if he wants more than you're offering.

[Elliot]

4 or 5 a week?

Yup, they're pretty small.

[Miranda Jane]

okay I guess I'll do that... so today is his day to eat, should I just automatically start feeding him pinkies or should I gradually switch his diet by giving him like 2 pinkies and a couple minnows?

[adamanteus]

Your choice, Miranda. You may find you have to "scent" the pinkies first...that is, rub them with fish to fool him into taking them. I think the important thing at this stage is to give him as much as he'll take.

[Miranda Jane]

He won't eat the pinkies . I scented them with salmon and tried dangling them in front of him but he just won't eat.

[Elliot]

He won't eat the pinkies . I scented them with salmon and tried dangling them in front of him but he just won't eat.

Try wrapping up a piece of salmon in the pinky's arms.

[Miranda Jane]

Okay, I just did. I guess I'll just wait a few minutes? I guess if he doesn't eat soon I'll put them back in the freezer and give them to him tomarrow.

[Elliot]

Does he usually eat salmon?

[Miranda Jane]

no, he usually eats minnows. but I don't know if I can scent pinkies with live minnows

[drache]

just freeze a few minnows
then you can use thawed ones for scenting