Do Retics deserve their bad rep?

[the_yellow_pony]

Out of curiosity, at what age do you start hook training them? And what is the general process?

<--husband of Bayleaf

We have done it at several ages, most are pretty quick to catch on.

Most we have though have been started as hatchlings(although we do have a burm that we started a lot later).

Our dwarfs especially have VERY strong feed responses and as soon as the tote is open, they are out looking for food stuffs.

We have a small hook(easier to control in my opinion) that we use for hook training. We start by just lightly placing it on the top of their head as soon as the tote/cage is opened and go from there. As they get used to it, some will break the feed response as soon as they see the hook, others will need more contact. For the ones that need more contact, we will just push their heads lightly toward the bottom of the cage and most times they get the point. It works very well in my opinion.