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Old 05-10-2007, 12:04 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: Possibly a stupid question...

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Originally Posted by sschind View Post
In my experience the majority of people severely underestimate the size of prey their snakes can handle.
that may be true
I have found though, that when switching from minnows to pinkies, it's better to go smaller than what they might be able to handle, until they're familiar with the shape of the prey.
I offer legless pinkies as soon as a baby can handle a largish minnow. A few will go for that easily. The ones that don't I just keep feeding other stuff, until I deem them plenty big enough for un-mutilated pinkie. Then I make sure the ones I offer are thoroughly scented.
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