| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 29/09/2012 : 15:58:00
Yep, you guessed it, tried Prism on a defrosted Pinky again last night - to no avail  I tried to wriggle it very gently in front of her - she just sat there looking really interested with her nose against it, tongue-flicking for ages, must have been over 5 mins maybe 10 (my arm got tired from the gentle wiggling lol) then she tried to use the tongs/my arm to climb out again 
I dunked it back into really hot water again and left it in there with her. Turned all the lights off and got my video camera out so I could watch her with it's infra-red setting. She slowly went over to it, then settled down to use it as a pillow  Again was there for ages just lying on it, then she started tasting? sniffing? it again, really looked like she was going to go for it - then slithered off Left it overnight even though I knew there would be no point, and it was still there this morning.
*sigh* What AM I going to do with her?!?!! |
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| lonerider |
Posted - 18/11/2012 : 16:43:43
Any luck yet ? |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 16/10/2012 : 10:55:11
rofl, I'll have to get some Barry White off youtube!! |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 12/10/2012 : 20:27:43
Sorry about the continued feeding reluctance.
As for the mice...maybe light candles, play some Barry White, and turn on The Animal Planet? ;-) |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 12/10/2012 : 14:21:38
Lol it's the thought of keeping rats in the future which is scaring me - she HAS to be convinced to eat thawed rofl!!
No luck again last night - I defrosted in water and she showed no interest at all, so will go back to defrosting on the side then heating with a hairdryer as I did the previous week - so much more time consuming lol! Still nothing on the mouse baby front, come on little mousies, get busy for me lol! |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 08/10/2012 : 21:01:29
At least if you do have to keep a few, they're mice-- could you picture having to keep heaps of rats? ;-) Good luck!!! |
| Blackcat |
Posted - 06/10/2012 : 22:30:53
At least she shows interest in the thawed ones - hopefully once feeding on home produced you will be able to swap her to fresh killed and then to f/t.
I have visions of stacks of vivs and mouse cages in my head now, lol. |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 06/10/2012 : 21:41:44
Tried again last night to no avail, she was really fascinated by it kind of 'well it really smells very interesting, and it looks a bit like dinner buuuuut it's just not quite right and if I climb up the black things wiggling it I get to that nice warm hand to snuggle in.....' lol.
Fussy little madam!
Yup, got 2 corns, the eldest is on mediums though, don't want to have to keep them to that size if I can help it - will be too attached to them by then lol! |
| IncurableFlirt |
Posted - 04/10/2012 : 06:33:02
You also have Corns, right? Getting rid of the extra offspring should be relatively easy. ;) |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 03/10/2012 : 21:09:19
On the other hand, if you *do* gets loads of baby mice, I guess that means you'll to get a few more snakes. ;-) Best of luck on the production front! |
| Blackcat |
Posted - 03/10/2012 : 16:57:42
The only advantage of being a 'towny' - abundance of most things if you look hard enough.
Know what you mean regards breeding your own, but I would of being doing the same.
Hopefully you will get some soon and don't end up with too many baby mice.
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| smart bunny |
Posted - 03/10/2012 : 08:59:09
Please don't be sorry Blackcat, it was a great idea, just we're a bit rural where i live so not a lot local lol!
*whispers as it seems so wrong lol* We did actually get a pair of mice out of desparation a couple of weeks back, so hoping they will reproduce soon ;) |
| Blackcat |
Posted - 02/10/2012 : 20:58:08
Sorry to hear RFUK has not been too useful for you - I must just live in an area that has an abundance of reptile keepers who breed their own.
Also sorry to hear they weren't very useful in tracing the breeder for you.
I think I would be going down the avenue of breeding some myself if I was in your situation - not ideal but may be the easiest solution short term.
Fingers crossed for you |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 01/10/2012 : 20:06:48
Sorry to hear your little one is still being fussy, Bunny. :-( I'm sure she'll come around eventually;. How many live meals did you get into her before trying f/t again? |
| Spugy |
Posted - 01/10/2012 : 07:09:10
Me too. I was thinking of suggesting breeding mice myself but thought you might get an over-abundance of mice! I guess too many live pinkies would be better than too few. C'mon Prism, we know you can do it! |
| IncurableFlirt |
Posted - 01/10/2012 : 02:55:56
Boas are usually very good eaters, but they can be picky as babies. It could be possible that Prism just needs the stimulation of live prey to get her going. I think once she gets several "live" meals in her, it would be far easier to switch her over to frozen/thawed than at present moment (where she's confused that her meal isn't moving like her instincts are telling her it should). If you are serious about keeping her, it might be in your best interests to possibly get a single breeding pair of mice and start with your own live pinkies. I dunno if this is something you could do, but it might be the only way if you have such difficulty getting live there. Mice can have babies every 21-25 days, so if you could get a breeding pair, you'd only have to find Prism enough for a meal or two to last her until you got your first litter. You wouldn't have to keep the mice for very long, just until Prism got to eating well and then you could work her over to f/t a little easier? I really am so sorry that you're having so much trouble with her, it is frustrating when our snakeys won't eat like they should. Anyway, I am keeping my fingers crossed that she'll eat very, very soon. :) |
