Je'Tami... Here's a copy of my correspondense with Rich, Daddy o'The Blues Brothers...

Love you, kid!


Hey MK,
First of all, you're of course, nuts!!! I'm glad to hear the Blues
Brothers are doing well, and I did warn you that they were great
eaters. I fed them once a week (sometimes twice), but mainly once,
and I also fed by hand. Well, actually, I used 9" wooden tweezers to
feed them because of the same reason you mentioned. They latch onto
your fingers and think they're making progress swallowing you. Little
boogers!
They're such good eaters that you can supplement their pinkie diet
with other things, but I'd stay away from beef. It's very fatty and
can be hard on their livers. You could even go to a bait store and
buy minnows (remember to avoid goldfish) or get a large catfish (i.e.
inexpensive fish) and chunk it up yourself. They'll eat it. If you
start feeding them fish/animal parts, though, you should either
supplement their diet once a month with vitamins or offer them a
variety of foods to ensure they're getting proper nutrition (vitamins,
minerals, amino and fatty acids, etc.).
As for the shedding, there were times that I'd get a shed weekly,
but that included from them and their siblings. I suspect that yours
have adjusted to the warmer temperatures/longer daylight than they
experienced up here in Alaska, and their bodies are telling them it's
spring... time to grow. They go through spurts where the growth is
almost non-stop, followed by periods of inactivity.


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Cheers,
Rick





----- Original Message -----
From: Green56belair@aol.com
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 5:58 pm
Subject: The Blues Brothers
To: asrrb2@uaa.alaska.edu

> Richard,
>
> You know, it would have been nice had you XPLAINED to me The Blues
> Brothers
> would be eating me outta house and home. They're costing me a
> FORTUNE in f/t
> pinkies!!! I'm DEF-IN-ATE-LEE going to have to start buying in
> bulk over The
> 'Net. Can I get some kind'a rebate from you?
>
> You said they'd fight over fish. Well - STUPID ME! - I just
> thought that
> meant salmon. CON-TRARE, MOAN SHARE! The also fight over
> tilapia. And now they
> fight over PINKIES!!! The little shits fight over EVERYTHING!
> Even when I
> give a bowl full o'food!!!!!!!!
>
> It's gotten to the point where I have to hand feed. Oh! Lettuce
> shed a tear
> for poor mk, who MUST ENDURE the PAIN and SUFFERING and TIME
> invloved in hand
> feeding! (ROFLOLPMP!!!!!!!!!!!)
>
> SERIOUSLY, I feed these guys one to two times a week... And just
> this last
> feeding tonite, they were more monsters than their usual monstery
> selves! THEY
> ALL FOUGHT OVER EVERY BIT IN SOMEONE ELSE'S MOUTH! No joke.
> Little brats!
> I bloodied my knuckles knocking on the glass!!! I've glass shards
> in my
> knuckles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> I call them The Robo Blues Brothers. I swear, if I'd lay down in
> that tank,
> I'd be eaten alive. In fact, tonite while hand feeding one o'the
> Boys latched
> on to my finger and I had to just wait until he let go.
>
> I'm getting a shed from [someone] every other week!!!
>
> What the hell's up? Did you starve these guys? Feed them once
> every six
> months? Once a YEAR??????????
>
> Really, I'm THRILLED with my Robo Blues Brothers! Me? Mind hand
> feeding?
> NOT ON YOUR LIFE!!! These guys are SO ROBUST! So ALIVE! So
NATURAL!
>
> I've no regrets... But that I don't get some kind'a food coupons
> from you...
>
> LOL!!! Just wanted to update you on The Boys. They're doing very
> well.
> Even if I'm gonna have to get a second job to keep them in food...
>
>
> THANK YOU FOR MY BABY
>
BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!
>
> Hugs and much love...
>
> Muzzer, Rockster, Tungortok and Kunikpok