Post by katt on Feb 24, 2010 4:27:49 GMT -5
Koda ate his first live prey today! I brought home 3 live mouse pinkies but he has never had mouse before, just rat pinkies, so I wasn;t sure if he would eat them. I let him taste a f/t that I heated in the microwave a little first, but he only showed mild interest. Then I put a live pinky in there (he was a cute fat little guy) and Kod suddenly got very interested! haha I felt bad for the pinky, because Koda grabbed it by the butt first and it started squeaking, but them he found its head and killed it. He killed the other 2 pretty quickly when I put them in. I didn;t get pics bc my camera was in my car
He mainly ate the top halves and left the butts. I got him to eat most of it and fed the remaining hind end to my skink who enjoyed it very much. lol Is there a reason that he ate the heads the most? Are they just tastier and more nutritious with their little brains and eyes? I got some frozen pinkies (mouse and rat) and fuzzies (mouse) that I am going to add to his diet, but how whould I go about getting him up to live whole prey?
After he grabbed the butt of the one, and hearing it squeak, I am afraid of trying bigger mice and having him just play with them and hurt them. I want clean kills only. So I think I will start upping the size of the f/t mice slowly and then try live? Should I increase size in f/t to say, adult mouse, then give him a live fuzzy -> hopper ->small...etc. Or when he is eating f/t fuzzies, can I give him live fuzzies, and such?
He mainly ate the top halves and left the butts. I got him to eat most of it and fed the remaining hind end to my skink who enjoyed it very much. lol Is there a reason that he ate the heads the most? Are they just tastier and more nutritious with their little brains and eyes? I got some frozen pinkies (mouse and rat) and fuzzies (mouse) that I am going to add to his diet, but how whould I go about getting him up to live whole prey?
After he grabbed the butt of the one, and hearing it squeak, I am afraid of trying bigger mice and having him just play with them and hurt them. I want clean kills only. So I think I will start upping the size of the f/t mice slowly and then try live? Should I increase size in f/t to say, adult mouse, then give him a live fuzzy -> hopper ->small...etc. Or when he is eating f/t fuzzies, can I give him live fuzzies, and such?