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Peculiar Behavior
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by KINGRIUS on October 20, 2004
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I've had a dusky pigmy rattler for a little over a month now and he's eaten three meals. Getting him to eat the first time was difficult(however successful, thanks to the Tease Feeding article). I had to work with him for about 10-15 minutes, teasing him with a pinky on forceps. What's peculiar is he doesn't seem to show interest until I enter his tank with the forceps and start to toy with his meal. Last night he hit the pinky as soon as I dropped it(thought he'd missed but it subsequently died a couple of minutes later), but he then left it alone, even crawling over it to leave it. He went almost to the far side of his tank. However when I entered his enclosure with the forceps he instantly perked up and started investigating both the tongs and mouse and finally started the swallowing process, taking the mouse head first off of the forceps. It's very possible that he would've returned to the meal at some point had I not entered his tank, but I'm puzzled by his behavior.
My wife suggests that since the breeder where I purchased him from may have always fed him pre-killed pinks that this is the way he's been used to being fed. But this is the first time I've seen a snake behave this way. Anyone else experience something similar? This pygmy rattler is only about 4 months old.
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by Phobos on October 20, 2004
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Hey Darius:
I would believe your wife's accessment of the situation*. I think she right on target. I have snakes that act in similar ways. The important thing is that it's eating, count your blessings.
* Keep in mind women always are right, it does not matter what the topic is but rest assured they are right....LOL Just joking! ;-)
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by KINGRIUS on October 20, 2004
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'Sup Al!!!
You're right, it is a blessing that it's eating and I've already counted it!(just counted last night)
And I like your approach to the woman being right thing... Make her think she's the expert,... get her more involved with the herps... =More herps! Yes. This is a good thing... We'll see ya in a couple.
Darius
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by ALA_herp31 on October 20, 2004
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I had a young Cali King that would not eat and i finaly offerd the pinky to it by holding it with a pare of small trisers, then BOOM he took it. I think it could be that the preveous owner could have in some ways traind the snake to eat that way. Even after the king was 3 years old he still wouldnt take a meal without me using a pare of forsepts, guess i just got so acustume to feeding him by hand that he didnt grow out of it. So i think your wife mite be on to somthing. Its funnnyy how a snake can become so acustume to feeding in a sertean way and will not change huu?.....happy herping Wally
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by KINGRIUS on October 21, 2004
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Yeah I'm still learning about their strange ways and from the looks of it I'll be learning indefinitely. They're strange little beasties, and that's why they're so cool.
See ya
Darius
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