she ate!

[het.pied]

my new little girl, whom i decided to name jewel, ate today after some frustration on my part! i got her on friday placed her in her cage that was already set up and waiting for her then left tomiami right after. got back on saturday night. sunday i went and got a pinky that to no avail did she eat it.
i made the mistake of placing the pinky in with its fellow rat counter part i had that was awaiting its death and in the night he devoured his younger brotheren... a little nasty. wont make that mistake ever again

so today i went to go get a new pinky, in which i again had no success in getting the little girl to eat! i even tried that little trick kryptonite was talking about feeding in the hand. instead of taking it out of the cage i left it on the other side of the cage in her second hide. came back a few hours later and the little rat was gone!!! SUCCESS!!!!! i did a thorough check of the aspen to see if the little bugger had dug in but no, he was gone! i weighed her just to make sure even though she was fatter then she had been before and she went from 74g to 83g!!!! yay!!!!!! im so proud of her!

just thought i'd share my stressful experiance that i didnt need to be stressing! i just dont like that anxiety that you get when they dont eat!

[Kaorte]

You could probably feed it more than a pinky. A pinky is too small for a normal sized hatchling right out of the egg.

A hopper mouse or small adult would be more preferable.

[het.pied]

yeah i know! the only problem is that the only place in town to get dinner for my babies from doesnt have mice small enough. so i had to settle for a pinky around the width of my middle finger. it wasnt the biggest but a decent size for her.

[Boanerges]

Congrats on getting her to eat!!! Something is better then nothing size wise

[het.pied]

^yes indeed! well on my last trip to the store i saw the person that supplies them the mice and rats and found out their like 40 minutes from my house. talked to her for a bit, ima go to her warehouse tomorrow and see what she has tell her what ima need every week and then shes gonna deliver them to me!!!! one thing i do love obout living in the middle of nowhere is that everyone is nice!

so that means i get right sized food for now on and for cheaper!