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20-Apr-08, 07:15 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: W A, hills | | |  feeding baby stimsons
I am after all the help I can get on ideas of how to get my baby stimsons to eat, they are a month old and hadthere first slough, have allready force fed a baby rat tail. woma |
21-Apr-08, 07:45 AM
|  | Lewy & Sue Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Jimboomba,QLD Gender:  | | | | Well u can try getting a Little skink and feed it that as this is what they would start off eating in the wild or u can rub the skink over the pinky to get the sent on it or u can brain the pinky and leave it in his klicklac over night and c if it has gone in the morning
But the best bet would be to go catch a few little skinkes and that should get them eating
Lewy
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21-Apr-08, 07:47 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: melbourne Age/Gender: 12 | | | | Is that legal lewy....?
Coz it's only been a month =/.... |
21-Apr-08, 07:54 AM
| | Lewy & Sue Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Jimboomba,QLD Gender: | | | | Probably not but if u got to get them eating
Legal LOL
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21-Apr-08, 12:42 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: central coast Age/Gender: 22  | | | | I had troubles feeding mine when i first got mine.. didnt want to know about any mice or rats. i had to buy the frozen quails and rub the quail scent onto the pinki mice for them to eat..they didnt want lizards either just the scent of quail. little buggers.
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21-Apr-08, 01:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: NSW, Penrith Age/Gender: 16 | | | heyy, just a few things u can try..
try not to handle it for a while..
then try offer him a pinky, if he doesnt take it. dip it in boiling water so it gets really warm then offer it..
or brain the pinky, usually works 
cheers
Clarky |
21-Apr-08, 02:50 PM
| | Lewy & Sue Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Jimboomba,QLD Gender: | | | | No u never put in boiling water that's a huge no no just heat them up be for u feed to them in warm water around 30-40 deg c
Lewy
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21-Apr-08, 03:02 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Westn subs Melb Gender: | | | Maybe wait a bit longer but if your really worried defrost a pinky and keep it warm, insert small pin or needle into head area to bleed out a small amount of brain etc. With my spotted i need to wiggle the pinky a fair bit to get her interested. Let your stimmy have a good smell of the brains etc but keep wiggling it moving back and forwards and gauge its reaction. Let its tongue touch the pinky and hopefully it will get the taste for it.The longest i had to do it for was half an hour and she has been good ever since. Good luck. |
21-Apr-08, 03:05 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: NSW, Penrith Age/Gender: 16 | | | | not even.. jus dipping them isnt doing n e thing bad to it....
n if ur sayin it is..
why? wat has happended when u tried it? or r u just going off wat u read..
cause ive dun it plenty n its all been fine!
after like a 2 second dip in the water heats it but not enough to cook it.. n by the time u tak it out n move it to offer it to ur python it looses Heeps of heat! so wont at all injure ur python.. |
21-Apr-08, 03:20 PM
| | Lewy & Sue Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Jimboomba,QLD Gender: | | | | Mate u just shouldn't put them in boiling water all u need to do is heat them up in warm water till its the same temp all the way through (not just the out side) the offer strait away
I had to brain my pinky and then just leave it in the clikclak over night and in the morning it would be gone had to do this a few times before he would just snatch the pinky away
Using boiling water even for a second or 2 can easily cook the skin of a pinky which is not good for the snake and there is just no need to take the risk so just don't do it !!!!
Lewy
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21-Apr-08, 03:31 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: NSW, Penrith Age/Gender: 16 | | | yea its a huge risk, dont do it!  |
21-Apr-08, 03:38 PM
| | Lewy & Sue Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Jimboomba,QLD Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Clarky  yea its a huge risk, dont do it! |
Don't go getting smart with me mate if u wont to do damage to your snakes fine but don't go giving bad advice to thous who don't no better
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21-Apr-08, 03:39 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Westn subs Melb Gender: | | | | in my opinion there is no risk with using boiling water to defrost a frozen mouse. The kettle boils at 100Degrees. You pick the kettle up and pour into a bowl, the water temp has now dropped 10 deg,as the bowl is steaming its losing temp steadily. insert mouse and allow to defrost. After 5 or so minutes empty water and check mouse for frozen spots,if all defrosted go ahead and feed. I have not once had an issue with burnt skin and i challenge anyone to put photos up that has, Good day Lewy |
21-Apr-08, 03:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: NSW, Penrith Age/Gender: 16 | | | haha |
21-Apr-08, 03:42 PM
| | Lewy & Sue Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Jimboomba,QLD Gender: | | | | I never said burnt skin did i so u are telling me that u are absolutely sour non of the skin has cooked??
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