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juggalette
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Hi,
I have a Spotted Python about 5 1/2 months old who is not feeding as well as I would have hoped. I bought him when he was 3 months old so I have had him for a little while and apparently he was eating a pinkie a week before I got him. I have tried feeding him weekly, but he does not show interest in his pinkie's at all every week. He is active enough, always moving around, looks healthy and all that, alert. He has shed once about 2 weeks ago and has grown about 4-5cm. About 2 weeks ago I was walking around the garden catching lizards with the kids, just for fun when I got one, but its tail fell off and it got away. My husband suggested that I try giving it to Monty seeing as though he won't eat anything else, and had read that these pythons in the wild will eat whole lizards and such. Now it was just a tail, still flippin around, and I thought, well hey whats the harm...and Monty ate it!! Now it was a tiny little snack for him, but its better then nothing right. Now I am in a pickle because I am in Qld and I hear the law states I cannot feed my python food I do not legally own, alive or dead. So what else can I do?
With the pinkie's I have tried several things that I have read about online, like cracking the skull of a defrosted pinkie, for scent I guess...he got stirred up about it, but didn't eat it. I also tried scenting the pinkie by rubbing it on a live animal, my dog and cat...neither of those worked either.
So I need more or different advice on what I can do...
Thanks
~Ash
I have a Spotted Python about 5 1/2 months old who is not feeding as well as I would have hoped. I bought him when he was 3 months old so I have had him for a little while and apparently he was eating a pinkie a week before I got him. I have tried feeding him weekly, but he does not show interest in his pinkie's at all every week. He is active enough, always moving around, looks healthy and all that, alert. He has shed once about 2 weeks ago and has grown about 4-5cm. About 2 weeks ago I was walking around the garden catching lizards with the kids, just for fun when I got one, but its tail fell off and it got away. My husband suggested that I try giving it to Monty seeing as though he won't eat anything else, and had read that these pythons in the wild will eat whole lizards and such. Now it was just a tail, still flippin around, and I thought, well hey whats the harm...and Monty ate it!! Now it was a tiny little snack for him, but its better then nothing right. Now I am in a pickle because I am in Qld and I hear the law states I cannot feed my python food I do not legally own, alive or dead. So what else can I do?
With the pinkie's I have tried several things that I have read about online, like cracking the skull of a defrosted pinkie, for scent I guess...he got stirred up about it, but didn't eat it. I also tried scenting the pinkie by rubbing it on a live animal, my dog and cat...neither of those worked either.
So I need more or different advice on what I can do...
Thanks
~Ash