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Laura&Mark

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Hi everyone

we have just brought a pinky pump to use on our non feeders, we have been force feeding a few but atm we have many that we are force feeding (approx 15) and brought this to help as force feeding was taking up a lot of time.
but are instructions supposed to come with them? as we have none. can anyone help us who has one, let us know how they use theirs etc....
we have years experience in force feeding but this our first time in using one of these...

thanks
 
I've only had the experience of syringe feeding one of my snakes and getting a non-feeder started for someone else. I pureed mice in a blender and froze individual 'mousicle' lumps so I could thaw enough for each feed. I'm never going to breed my snake in case she passes on the trait of non-feeding. The owner of the other non-feeder wanted her just for a pet.

:-offtopic Reading your post I am not trying to be controversial but I can't help wondering why you are force-feeding so many hatchlings and where they will end up?
 
ok thanks


as for your off topic they wont end up anywhere they will be staying with us, i would never sell a non feeder/ force fed snake, if they eventually feed themselves and continue for a certain number of feeds then they will be sold but only until then, i just dont give easily on stubborn hatchlings, we do have over 100 babies that are feeding fine, i know some people would just euthanise these snakes but while they appear healthy they will not euthanised.
 
Laura&Mark said:
ok thanks


as for your off topic they wont end up anywhere they will be staying with us, i would never sell a non feeder/ force fed snake, if they eventually feed themselves and continue for a certain number of feeds then they will be sold but only until then, i just dont give easily on stubborn hatchlings, we do have over 100 babies that are feeding fine, i know some people would just euthanise these snakes but while they appear healthy they will not euthanised.
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Cool, as I said, I just popped 20 or so pinkies in the blender, then it was easy to divide the resulting puree into individual portions. The whole saga is chronicled here if you want to read it!
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30056&highlight=saga
 
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