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09-Apr-07, 09:28 PM
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You shouldn't have bought something which was not feeding.
any way you are attatched to it now so you need to get him feeding within the next couple of months.
What scenting did you use skink or bird?
try both.
The hair idea works well as long as the fuzzie is only about 6 or 7 days old.Too big otherwise.
Keep the room dark so he can't see you or other movements to distract him.
They sometimes will not feed if there is large things (you) moving in the background as they may be frighteded or nervous. They will always check their safety first before doing anything like feeding as this makes them vulnerable.
No offence to vets but a reptile vet is usually NOT A REPTILE KEEPER with the relevant experience.
They are never one and the same.
get an experieced keeper if you have to force ASSIST feed.
someone who HAS DONE THIS BEFORE
You can wiggle a live fuzzy against his body and he might coil around it and constrict it.
If this happens MOVVE AWAY SLOWLY and close the door and don't go back until morning.
Is he on the floor of the cage or in a tree when you are attempting to feed him?
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09-Apr-07, 09:40 PM
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Thanks. I understand i should have waited but i was assured i could replace it if it did not feed as he was keeping three out of the 15 that hatched. He has as stated offered a swap, but i am attatched as you also stated. The reason being was that he had buyers lining up, there were three there when i was there and understandably, he wanted to sell them all. Thanks for the advice, will try fuzzy, the little bugger will just not get agitated, he hides his head under his body, which i find very funny
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09-Apr-07, 09:43 PM
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I should have said that i have tried a seperate feeding enclosure as well as the snap lock he is in. I have a purpose made tank but i think he will get out as he is to small
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09-Apr-07, 09:53 PM
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Keep him in the click clack, a tank will be too big for him and he wont feel safe.
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09-Apr-07, 10:04 PM
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and just drop the fuzzy in and walk away for the night and hopefully it will work
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09-Apr-07, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by chris-cool  Also... I thought that live feeding wasn't acceptable, from the other threads that have been on here. | Nah that just what hippies say, its also legal if they dont accept dead food.
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10-Apr-07, 08:00 PM
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I managed to get a little diamond eating on the weekend.
I like you tried a fair few different methods.
I caught a skink out in the garden (with a forked tail!!) and put this inside a container with the snake.
I let the snake have a few sniffs and then it had a few lunges at it, but i had a little stick there and kept pushing it away(the snake).
I let this go on for about 10 minutes and i then scented a pinkie mouse and it smashed it!!
Good luck with it!!
Perhaps keep it undisturbed in a low traffic area for a while?
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10-Apr-07, 10:04 PM
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I'm (just) a newbie but I've used a wriggling skink tail to great effect. Dropped it very close to the pinkie. I assumed any parasites in a skink are confined to the gut. (Interested to hear if I'm wrong from others).
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10-Apr-07, 10:54 PM
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love to know how all you ba---rds catch these skinks lol
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10-Apr-07, 10:55 PM
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got the closed eyed fuzzy in there now. lights off, quiet, but still no go after 2 hours
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10-Apr-07, 10:58 PM
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try puttin them in a light box the next go in a few days if he doesnt eat but just literally go back in the morning and check fully dont disturb the snake
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10-Apr-07, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by COOP love to know how all you ba---rds catch these skinks lol | LOL I'll put one in the post for you
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10-Apr-07, 11:09 PM
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Thanks for the great thread guys & gals. I have a bredli who hatched on the 8th March. HAs shed but not eaten. Some great pointers here. Might go around thecorner to Brian Barnetts and see what he can show me. Sorry for hi-jacking thread.
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10-Apr-07, 11:52 PM
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all good with the hijacking, just want the little fella to be ok. good luck with the bredli
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11-Apr-07, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by COOP love to know how all you ba---rds catch these skinks lol | With great difficulty  LOL!!!
Took me at least twelve goes to get one (or at least a tail) and then when i did trap one trying to pick it up was another story!!!
Not as easy as when you are a kid!! (and you get some strange looks from passerbys when you get one and are grinning triumphantly  )
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