Update: 09 male Lesser 'Lemon'

[Karenbear]

Hey Everyone! Guess what, he ate! Thanks to this forum and all the husbandry tips. What a relief, I guess that means he's comfortable in his home. Here's his setup, please excuse the paper towel tubes, I thought he might like a tunnel from his warm hide to the cold one lol.



Just one problem, I had to give him a live rat pup. Breeder told me he was fed live mice from tongs. So first I tried offering a f/t mouse from tongs, even used the hair dryer on it, but he just looked at me like I was crazy and went to hide.
Then I offered the live rat pup from tongs, and he ignored me again. It wasn't until I left the rat in there with him for 10 mins and pretended to leave the room, then he ate it.

I have to convert him to eat f/t because I almost kept this as another pet:



And lastly here's more pics of Lemon:

[Danounet]

LOL ya baby rats are the cutest thing... Avoid buying them at all costs

Very nice BP!

I've learned pretty much everything here at bp.net my self too. Very helpfull people.

[jben]

wow nice looking lesser, happy to hear he ate for you.

[Minja777]

Aw what a cute setup! lol . ... babies of any kind are hard not to love, so good luck with switching him .

Oh and Lemon is handsome too!

[snakesRkewl]

Very pretty lesser

That rattie looks like a snack more than a meal though
Baby ratties are soo cute, it can be difficult deciding which to feed off and which to sell as pets

[pedipalps]

Nice belly shot!

[ameh78]

great looking beauty there!

and yeah.. i now have 5 rats, the first two started as "oh god i cant feed these little cute things!"