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18-Feb-07, 04:59 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Gold Coast Age: 24 | | | how do i get my diamond off pinkies??
hi,
i have a 12mth old diamond and i cant get him off pinkies. he is comfortably eating 2 or 3 pinkie rats at a time but everytime i give him a fuzzie he takes it but then a few minutes later spits it out again! ive tried starving him for a couple of weeks but he still wont eat them. im started to get worried as the diamond at the pet store i get my rats from is the same age, alot bigger and is on sub - adults!
any help please???
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18-Feb-07, 05:02 PM
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R they defrosted or live?
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18-Feb-07, 05:10 PM
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defrosted
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18-Feb-07, 05:14 PM
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have you tried live, braining them, scenting it with a lizard or putting it in a glass of chicken stock?
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18-Feb-07, 05:17 PM
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i have no trouble getting him to take it he just wont eat it. it seems to big for his head. its a big jump from pinkies to fuzzies but i cant find anything in between
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18-Feb-07, 05:18 PM
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Starve the snake for a month or two then try him again. Think it should keep the food item you give it out of hunger
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18-Feb-07, 05:26 PM
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ive tried starving him but i think its that he physically cant eat it. but im worried that if i keep him on pinkies his head wont grow and he'll never be able to eat them
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18-Feb-07, 05:42 PM
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I had the same problem. What I did was just look for pinkies that are slightly bigger than what I previously gave. When you get them frozen in packs there is usually a slight to big difference in size in pinkies and fuzzies too.
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18-Feb-07, 05:46 PM
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yeah i tried that i search through all of them and pick out the biggest ones but there are usually all the same. makes it hard.
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18-Feb-07, 05:47 PM
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Start feeding him more pinkies in the same feeding. Instead of 2 or 3 try feeding 4 or 5. Keep feeding him once a week but more pinkies at the time of feeding. He will grow, then be able to to take bigger food items.
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18-Feb-07, 05:50 PM
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i always give him as many as he will eat. sometimes he will take a third but most of the time only 2. i think ill just keep feeding as many as he'll eat and get trying the fuzzies every mth or so. i guess he will take it one day. hes eating i suppose thats the main thing  |
18-Feb-07, 05:52 PM
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where on the gold coast do you buy your rodents?
pinky to fuzzy is usually a pretty easy transaction...
but you have to find the right size ones..
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18-Feb-07, 05:52 PM
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How big is he?? Diamonds are a pain in the bum sometimes, I have a 6 foot female who only eats mice. She hates even the smell of a rat. If you like, I breed rats and mice and would be willing to help out with different sizes.
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Last edited by Adam; 18-Feb-07 at 05:53 PM.
Reason: added info
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18-Feb-07, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by najanaja  where on the gold coast do you buy your rodents?
pinky to fuzzy is usually a pretty easy transaction...
but you have to find the right size ones.. |
i buy them from pet oasis on brisbane rd and there is always a HUGE difference between the 2 like double the size. they are closing down now anyway so ill probably go to one at parwood. ill suss out their fuzzies see how i go
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18-Feb-07, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam How big is he?? Diamonds are a pain in the bum sometimes, I have a 6 foot female who only eats mice. She hates even the smell of a rat. If you like, I breed rats and mice and would be willing to help out with different sizes. | if you ever want to get rid of some big rats let me know
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