Last little pied of 2012 FINALLY ATE.

[loonunit]

He finally ate! This pied hatched on Sept 12. He spat out several assist attempts in November, finally swallowed a frozen/thawed fuzzy two weeks ago, and then went back to spitting them out again last week.

But this week he actually hunted AND killed AND ate a live hopper! And now he kinda looks... hungry?



Every single clutch I've hatched has had one wannabe-vegetarian. And out of the 5 refusers, 4 of them were boys, and the one girl only refused for an extra two weeks before she started eating. Is it mostly a boy thing?

Anyway, as of this weekend, all of my babies are officially eating on their own. WHEW.

On to the next season...

[SlitherinSisters]

Yay congrats! They can definitely be frustrating!

[loonunit]

Why does it always gotta be the pied? Or the pewter? (It wasn't always the fancy one---some of the hets were doing it too. But this little guy was stressing me out EXTRA because he was a pied.)

[Rat160]

when I got my pied female I had to wait like 4 months because she wouldn't eat for the breeder I got her from. Finally started eating and I got her at like 180g at 8 months old. Since Ive had her shes never refused a meal and now is up to 530g. Still a little small for her age but packing it on nicely. sometimes the stubborn eaters in the beginning become my best eaters.