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    Switching from Worms to Fish...

    Since stores are no longer selling nightcrawlers around here i had to feed my snake on some dainty wal-mart feeder goldfish, i know- not the best source or fish, which is my question- of "normal" feeder fish such as bait shop varietys or even tropical fish? is their any advantage from one to the other? I'm trying to get him on something reliable and redily available.. but those "fish" from walmart couldn't have even been bait.what have you guys gotten yours to like? Thanx allot
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    Re: Switching from Worms to Fish...

    Try to find some rosy reds, there are others but I can't think of them right now. Goldfish aren't good for your snake, they can cause vitamin B deficiencies, which can be potentially fatal.
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    Re: Switching from Worms to Fish...

    Well...my snake, didn't want some sort of fish, I know it may sound a little bit silly, so I asked here in the forum and adamanteus said "try with trout"...and the same I bought a whole trout at Wal-mart, and some days passed with no luck, she wont even aproach the stripes, so I put a transparent bowl with a male guppie, she was so desperate to catch it, and then she accidentally got to the stripes...the rest it's history, the guppie too...lol

    Also adamanteus said that if you put the stripes with one live fish on a bowl the snake will found the stripes and eat them...wise words

    So...adamanteus for president!...yeahhhh!!!!....lol just kidding

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    Re: Switching from Worms to Fish...

    Quote Originally Posted by DEKAN View Post
    Well...my snake, didn't want some sort of fish, I know it may sound a little bit silly, so I asked here in the forum and adamanteus said "try with trout"...and the same I bought a whole trout at Wal-mart, and some days passed with no luck, she wont even aproach the stripes, so I put a transparent bowl with a male guppie, she was so desperate to catch it, and then she accidentally got to the stripes...the rest it's history, the guppie too...lol

    Also adamanteus said that if you put the stripes with one live fish on a bowl the snake will found the stripes and eat them...wise words

    So...adamanteus for president!...yeahhhh!!!!....lol just kidding
    ya woo i tried it and my difficult male ate two wooo!!!
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    Re: Switching from Worms to Fish...

    Yea, at wal-mart they said the were rosy reds (although they were gray and 2 gold ones) and it said those were a kind of goldfish??? Guppies are ok for them too? Just trying to get some Variety in his bowl

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    Re: Switching from Worms to Fish...

    Quote Originally Posted by DEKAN View Post
    Also adamanteus said that if you put the stripes with one live fish on a bowl the snake will found the stripes and eat them...wise words

    So...adamanteus for president!...yeahhhh!!!!....lol just kidding
    I'm really pleased that it worked for you, Robert. And you too, Reed.
    As for the Presidency..... I'm a bit busy this week, I have to wash my hair!
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    Re: Switching from Worms to Fish...

    Quote Originally Posted by Jake Dubz View Post
    Yea, at wal-mart they said the were rosy reds (although they were gray and 2 gold ones) and it said those were a kind of goldfish??? Guppies are ok for them too? Just trying to get some Variety in his bowl
    Well, either way, the rosy reds are a safe fish. I don't think switching from different kinds of fish will really make difference though. It's more like switch from worms, fish and pinkies.
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    Re: Switching from Worms to Fish...

    As for the Presidency..... I'm a bit busy this week, I have to wash my hair!


    you probably spend as much on shampoo as me.....

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