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Old 18-03-2007, 09:42 AM
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boiled pinkie is a new one i have found... stinks, but works a treat
deff not pleasant, had to do that with '06'a batch
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:23 PM
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yeah he's warm enough.


well i think im going to leave him for a week on his own, im going to leave him be for a bit.

angel who i bought him from is offering me a full refund for him if i return him. i can't believe her gall. does she think im that stupid after all the hassle we had getting him down here?
poor sod, he REALLY wouldn't eat after that!
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:48 PM
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did you try putting him in small container with the pinkie we had a non feeder it cam to us eating twice in 4 months (only a hatchling) we got one of the old camera film cases pierced loads of whole and i men loads, putting the pinkie in the bottome (smallest pinkie we could find) then putting back in viv and leaving over night a hay presto she ate.. might be worth a try
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:51 PM
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ive tried almost everything
i think i might leave him for a while as it's probably stressing him out a lot.
at least hes had something, but i might try that next monday when he's had some "Rip" time..
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Old 18-03-2007, 01:59 PM
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try that it really works and dont handle him at all for a few weeks just for feeding and cleaning if you cant get a camera film case a waxworm tub would do
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Old 18-03-2007, 02:14 PM
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I had the exact same thing happen to me with one of mine.When i bought it the people at the shop said it was a good feeder but it wasn`t I couldn`t get it interested in food no matter what I tried including live pinkies and given that it was so young I worried about it so had to resort to assisted feeding luckily I had done it before so it wasn`t so bad,anyway i had to assist feed it three times in all before it started feeding on.

I toyed with the idea of taking it back to the shop but I`d already fallen in love with it so it was too late.
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yeah same
i don't want to take him back just cos he won't eat, i waited and worried so long for him to get here and a grateful he's alive.
the breeder offered me a refund if i sent him back.
i don't know if you've read the snake freezing in van post but bloody hell if she thinks im sending him back she can forget it.
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Old 18-03-2007, 03:45 PM
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boiled pinkie is a new one i have found... stinks, but works a treat
But isn't it dangerous to give cooked food to snakes ? I always heard that we should avoid to avoid heating it up too much because snakes can't digest cooked food.

I take it as soon as ithe water boils you take the pinkie out of the pan ?
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Ok I think you have tried a LOT of methods in short time. id reccomend putting him somewhere dark for a week at least and leaving him completely alone. Just make sure he has water. Dont handle or poke or anything. Then try warming his food and wiggling it in front of his nose. I think sometimes people panic and stress them by trying too hard.
I agree with you. Seems like the little snake has been trhough alot.
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