Re: [For Blood & Short Tail Keepers]: Does your short tail have a preference in food?
Both only take live, rats or mice they love the action
Re: [For Blood & Short Tail Keepers]: Does your short tail have a preference in food?
My blood wont touch mice, he will only eat rats, and he wont ever eat while I am watching unless it is live, if its a thawed rat he will only eat it if I leave it outside the entrance to his hide, then I have to sneak into the kitchen and watch from a distance, he will peek his head out and start tongueing then begin nuzzling the rat for 15 minutes or so, then he will start to eat the thing without bothering to throw any coils, he wont even strike, he just sorta gulps it down.
But if its live, he will go berserk and attack the rat on sight, he usually squeezes hard enough to break its back within seconds, I was forced to feed him live to convince him to eat in the beginning because he was a rescue with a Respiratory Infection, and was severely underweight. Once he started eating regularly I switched him to the frozen rats, but not once has he gone for a mouse, not for lack of me trying though.
Re: [For Blood & Short Tail Keepers]: Does your short tail have a preference in food?
mine will destroy rats all day long but refuses to eat right sized baby rabbits and a mouse could sit in her cage for a day possably 2 but throw a rat in the tank and she comes out of her hide looking for the rat.
has anybody noticed might just be mine. but spends at least 90% of it's time after eating a big meal in it's hide on the warm side of the cage. i wake up at all different hours of the night to check on stuff and other then when she is hungry she is in one of her hides
Re: [For Blood & Short Tail Keepers]: Does your short tail have a preference in food?
Obviously because of his size I would not feed mice to my blood (he is 8 lbs so it would take a few to satisfy him :rolleyes:) however he is pretty much a garbage disposal, he will eat anything and everything without hesitation.
Re: [For Blood & Short Tail Keepers]: Does your short tail have a preference in food?
