Quote Originally Posted by ConcinnusMan View Post
I hear the same thing about CB concinnus. They love their pinkies. However, you must understand that pinkies are not on the menu for WC pugets or concinnus. That's NOT what they eat in the wild! No, No, noperoo! uh-uh!

They eat worms, amphibians and larvae, and fish. That is why they are good swimmers and are almost never found far from water or seasonal wetlands. They couldn't care less about the water. That's where the food is.

I imagine that you could get WC concinnus to eat pinkies but it better smell like fish! They will attempt to swallow a football as long as it smells like fish.

Believe it or not, Amy is the same way. (iowa strain albino radix) Can't get her to eat anything unless it smells like fish. When she's really hungry she lunges into the air with mouth open just because she smells fish.

This is no problem for me. I chop up pinkies, rub a silverside head on the parts and she devours them. No fish smell and she checks it out and moves on as if to say "where's the real food?" She's even started to look up at my face as if to say "you expect me to eat that?"

Throw in some fish or fish smell and she's like.. "umm numm numm.. thanks dad!"
Haha, my snakes get fish a the majority of their food. But I will say this, all of my concinnus adults aside from one are originally from the wild and every one has accepted unscented, f/t pinkies right off the bat! When I bought Blueblie about 4 years ago from that Bob guy and didn't know any better, she was fresh out of the wild and also ate them like they are candy! In fact the concinnus and pugets I've worked with have never turned anything away!