Dar1stheory
Active Member
Well, first post, so, "how ya goin?"
Well I'm sittin here wishin that I had of spent just a day on this site before shopping for my latest snake, I think I've successfully bought the ugliest friggin juvenile mcdowelli in the country...
This was all made worse by the little bugger not eating for the first 3 weeks! Though I took some solace in him finally eating a fuzzy mouse yesterday...
Can I get some opinions on the best way to feed my squirmy friends, now and as they get older?
I have a 1 and a bit year old stimson that is an absolute pleasure, he eats on cue, taking a weaner mouse off the tongs every week without a second thought, I feed him in an esky to reduce his anticipation of food when the enclosure door opens which seems to suit him fine...
But I've been thinking about the potential size of the carpet as he grows, and I just don't have an esky big enough to keep my current routine working...
The carpet also refuses to take a wiggling feed from tongs, in fact shows no interest in the food at all, is this common? Cos he's snappy as hell when it comes to my fingers! I found in a book that leaving a warm feed in the enclosure for an hour or so is a good alternative, which after half an hour of looking fairly uninterested he finally took...
Would it work to my benefit getting in the habit of leaving the prey in the enclosure to reduce my chances of being tagged as a missed bite towards prey as he gets bigger?
Righto, lotta questions, thanks for replies!
Well I'm sittin here wishin that I had of spent just a day on this site before shopping for my latest snake, I think I've successfully bought the ugliest friggin juvenile mcdowelli in the country...
This was all made worse by the little bugger not eating for the first 3 weeks! Though I took some solace in him finally eating a fuzzy mouse yesterday...
Can I get some opinions on the best way to feed my squirmy friends, now and as they get older?
I have a 1 and a bit year old stimson that is an absolute pleasure, he eats on cue, taking a weaner mouse off the tongs every week without a second thought, I feed him in an esky to reduce his anticipation of food when the enclosure door opens which seems to suit him fine...
But I've been thinking about the potential size of the carpet as he grows, and I just don't have an esky big enough to keep my current routine working...
The carpet also refuses to take a wiggling feed from tongs, in fact shows no interest in the food at all, is this common? Cos he's snappy as hell when it comes to my fingers! I found in a book that leaving a warm feed in the enclosure for an hour or so is a good alternative, which after half an hour of looking fairly uninterested he finally took...
Would it work to my benefit getting in the habit of leaving the prey in the enclosure to reduce my chances of being tagged as a missed bite towards prey as he gets bigger?
Righto, lotta questions, thanks for replies!