new food for bluie???????

[kaidro]

hi all. we have a bluie thats about 40cms long now. and a large one too. lol we were just wondering if its possible to feed him a pinkie mice or 2? we have 2 left from our freezer, and the little snake we have is now on fuzzies, and we no longer need them. so would this be possible? and if so, how do we do it? please and thanks:lol:

kellie and kai

 

[kaidro]

anyone??

 

[kaidro]

bumpies

 

[Jen]

I think i have read about blues taking the occasional pinkie, but i don't keep bluies

 

[Mulcahy]

they Say that they take pinkies but i dont no for sure as im still new to bluies

 

[bump73]

Mine have eaten them as a treat occasionally...

Ben

 

[Aslan]

Kaidro - A 40cm Bluey should take the pinky easily - either place it in the food bowl with the greens or offer by hand or tweezers...nothing to it...

 

[kaidro]

heated of course right?

 

[imalizard]

Only give them as a treat as they can make your lizard gain weight (from personal experience)

 

[kaidro]

how fat should a blue tounge be at his length? just wondering

 

[kaidro]

no one?

 

[herptrader]

Ours love them. Nothing like that goes to waste round here.

Our long necked turtles like pink mice as a treat also.

 

[themightyfinn]

A bluey that lives in our shed has found a nest of mice and just ransacks their home and eats the babies.

 

[Sean#1]

yer they luv em and its a good hit of calcium/ and a couple is a good feed

 

[tarzan]

Mine will take anything up to adult size, if i have any mice left after feed night that i have thawed in they go it's a race to get them, pretty cool to watch to.

 

[imalizard]

Hmm i dont know how big it should be without a photo. There is a site which shows pictures of fat blueys and skinny blueys which could help if i could find the site.

 

[SATH3N]

pinkies are actually made up in the diet that is used at currumbin wildlife and i think it was said about once a week or once a month you can feed them a pinkie....its Evan in the book so yea go for it

 

[cleopatra2285]

Hi there,

I have fed blue tongues i have owned pinkies, if you shake them from side to side ( the mouse of course) they g nuts i think its great just before winter sets in because when they go into hybrenation you know they have had something nutricious and fattening to help them through.

Cheers
Cleo

 

[Chris.j]

They eat them with no worries. We have a few and the larger ones wouldn't be any longer than 25cm and will scoff pinkies, fuzzies and hopper mice and ask for more. In regards to your question about how to feed them just take the mouse between your index finger and thumb, put it in front of its nose and make sure that you move your fingers faster than he moves his mouth!!!

 

[kaidro]

i would like to ask another question though, as i am not sure. would you heat it? if so, i'll feed him today. lol