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28-Feb-06, 01:52 PM
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Can anyone tell me where I can get some live pinky mice in the melborne area?
Regards David
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28-Feb-06, 01:54 PM
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What are you feeding them to?
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28-Feb-06, 02:18 PM
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im new to the snake world and would also like to know, i have 2 children's.
cheers Brett
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28-Feb-06, 02:22 PM
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Can you use frozen ones? or do they have to be live?
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28-Feb-06, 02:23 PM
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the person i bought them from was using live, i only bought them afew days ago and arent due for a feed till thursday
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28-Feb-06, 02:36 PM
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you should try using frozen ones, I used to feed mine live, but made the switch and it is so much easier now. Just keep 10 or so in the freezer for whenever I need them.
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28-Feb-06, 02:40 PM
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thanks, ive been told that pet shops etc arent allowed to sell live pinkies, is this true?
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28-Feb-06, 02:51 PM
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I'm not sure, but I think that would be right. The easiest way would probably to be to breed them yourself
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28-Feb-06, 03:13 PM
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i have a hatchling spotted python that is a fussy eater and would like to try live/fresh pinkies to see if I can get him to have a meal. Preference is and always has been to feed frozen food(my other animals all take frozen food), but in this case I have exhausted most other methods other than force feeding.
regards David
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28-Feb-06, 03:40 PM
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you need a little mouse colony of your own mate unless he will eat thawed. have u tried him on a thawed rat pinky?
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28-Feb-06, 08:09 PM
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Pinky's only stay pinkies for a few days and they can't live on their own (need milk) so I don't think any pet shop would be able to sell live ones, you need to see or become a breeder. Have you tried other methods eg. moving the mouse so it looks alive or giving it a brain haemorrage, the smell of brain fluid is supposed to tell them it's ready to swallow and it definately "wakes them up", they get a bit more excited, but still don't always eat. I've had a couple of fussy CP's and offering live (only a few times when I was really worried) never got any more of a response but they do say that each snake can be different and respond to different things.
Good Luck!
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28-Feb-06, 09:00 PM
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i have live pinkys fuzzys.
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