Hand fed reptiles... - Page 3

Lankyrob · 04-02-10, 04:28 PM

Good point Shauny - i guess in that situation they look at the life of the non-vermin as being more important.

marvelfreak · 04-02-10, 05:52 PM

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if you want to cover yourself legal wise marvelfreak,i had a little chuckle to myself wondering what was going through the rats mind when it saw the big burm. " right its me or him,so come on then you big b***ard lets have you " ...!!

Laugh my a-s off. Well it did it. I hand feed my bredli. I held the rat fuzzie by its tail he came an slowly bit it and warp. Almost like he was being careful not to bite me.

infernalis · 04-03-10, 03:19 PM

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marvelfreak,i had a little chuckle to myself wondering what was going through the rats mind when it saw the big burm. " right its me or him,so come on then you big b***ard lets have you " ...!!

cheers shaun

heloderm · 04-03-10, 03:21 PM

I have hand fed just about every reptile I've ever kept, monitors, tegus, Gilas, Beadeds, Retics, Burms...you name it aside from venomous snakes.

John

emseeKAY · 04-03-10, 08:07 PM

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I have hand fed just about every reptile I've ever kept, monitors, tegus, Gilas, Beadeds, Retics, Burms...you name it aside from venomous snakes.

John

lol who wouldnt wanna hand feed a gaboon lol j/k

infernalis · 04-22-10, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Chu'Wuti

How different in habitat & feeding is Cyclophiops from Opheodrys? I've kept O. aestivus for a time (WC, then released). I haven't seen the Cyclophiops before.

Sandy

Sorry I missed this before.

Cyclophiops are from the rain forest of China.

They are completely different, American green snakes are insect eaters, Cyclophiops are worm eaters.

To keep a cyclophiops requires an upright cage the size of a soda machine with a small tree inside it.

Coffee Black · 05-01-10, 09:56 AM

I used to have a Dumeril's that was extremely difficult to feed F/T. I acquired him as a yearling and was told he was eagerly feeding on F/T. Not the case. I tried scenting with fowl and nothing. I even tried braining the mouse ( worse thing I have ever done) Eventually I let him go for two weeks without a meal then placed him in an opaque rubbermaid container with a f/t large mouse and f/t rat pup and put that in his enclosure and left him alone overnight till about noon. Checked it and both were gone and he made a nice try for my nose haha. I ended up having to do this every week for a month or so until he would eventually take it from tongs. I don't know if this will work with every problem feeder but it worked for me.

spankygaaarge · 05-03-10, 05:10 PM

we had the same problem with our Dumeril's boa when we first got him, he went off food for about 2 months after our family grew to include our dragon, we got to the point where we were going to try the "force feeding" method which neither of us were too excited about......... until we thought maybe if we tried live prey would he eat it?? and as soon as that little mouse touched the bottom of that tub spanky had him firmly in his grip now he'll only take live prey, but we wouldnt dream of hand feeding him, hes too big...........

Will0W783 · 05-05-10, 09:55 AM

My fiance's Dumeril's boa is also a pain in the tookus to feed. He will only take one prey item at a feeding and only eat mice. He's a bit over 3 feet long, so he isn't growing at all. I've tried live rats and he wont' have them. If he would take several mice in one sitting it wouldn't be so bad, but he won't. Maybe it's common with Dumeril's? I've seen some huge ones, and I know Magellan will never get that big if he doesn't start eating better.

Lankyrob · 05-05-10, 10:12 AM

Willow - would increasing the frequency of feeding help?

Will0W783 · 05-05-10, 02:26 PM

We usually only get him to eat every other week. He's a total pain in the rear-end.

spankygaaarge · 05-05-10, 03:58 PM

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My fiance's Dumeril's boa is also a pain in the tookus to feed. He will only take one prey item at a feeding and only eat mice. He's a bit over 3 feet long, so he isn't growing at all. I've tried live rats and he wont' have them. If he would take several mice in one sitting it wouldn't be so bad, but he won't. Maybe it's common with Dumeril's? I've seen some huge ones, and I know Magellan will never get that big if he doesn't start eating better.

we dont have a problem now, he'll eat 3 (once he took 4, because they were REALLY small mice (all we could get) mice every week and he's nearly 4 feet now, we want to put him onto rats, but we are a little worried that they maybe too big for him, an maybe a little more aggressive than mice, we dont want him to get hurt!!!!!!!!!!!

Will0W783 · 05-05-10, 05:21 PM

Hmm, well I guess Magellan maybe just needs to get hungry enough? He's not losing weight, just not growing.

spankygaaarge · 05-06-10, 08:19 AM

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Hmm, well I guess Magellan maybe just needs to get hungry enough? He's not losing weight, just not growing.

someone told me yesterday that their Dumerils was very similar maybe they're fussy eaters, or could be just that they are sensitive (to what i'm not sure) an any kind of disruption (no matter how small) upsets them enough to stop them eating............. just a thought !!!!!!!!!

Will0W783 · 05-06-10, 11:47 AM

Back on topic, I accidentally hand-fed my male GTP the other day. I opened his cage and he was very hungry. He popped his head out and snatched the mouse from my hands calmly as you please...lol. Startled the bejeezus out of me, but he didn't bite me at all. He's sooo incredibly docile, it just amazes me. He is mostly Biak-type from his looks, which makes it even more amazing that he is as tame as he is; Biaks have a nasty reputation.