Question about Pinky Mouse

[TheDon]

Ok I bought a pinkie thinking that maybe one of my tarantulas would eat it and the one I thought would for sure, my cobalt wont touch it. If none of them do eat it will it survive if we feed it? Just curious

thnx

TheDon

 

[dennis]

Afaik pinkies need to drink from the mothermouse fro about uuhm ... 3 weeks. So you might be able to keep that pinky alive, but i doubt if it will be worth all the trouble.

Dennis

 

[sunnymarcie]

I've tried it and it did not work The little rodent died.
Its difficult to tell if they are drinking properly and they can
end up with milk in their lungs.
I used the boxed milk for kittens.
Good luck with it, you may find yourself in a position where
you CAN'T feed it to one of your T's, you could really get
attached to it.........then you would have another pet

I think it's worth a try Just keep it warm and use a
tube to feed it. Most pet stores carry the items you will need.

 

[TheDon]

Ok cool... its my Girlfriend who is the one who is really taking care of it, it survived the night and it is living in the tarantula room where it is 80 - 85 F and its close to the heater. I put it in one of my small critter keepers that isnt being used right now. We have been feeding it with a tiny paintbrush and it sucks the milk off the briscles. I told her not to get too attached because it prob wont survive. But she wont stop trying. I kinda hope it comes through but then well have a mouse :/ anyways thnx for the replies.

peace

TheDon

 

[Jeff_C]

How long did you leave it in with the Cobalt? I can't imagine it would ignore it (unless it is way too big) if it came across it at night.

btw, have you done this before??? I tried it once (with a fizzy) and will never do it again. My L parahybana worked on it for approx 24hrs and the oder was, to say the least, strong. OK it stunk. Plus I think it introduced mites into my T cabinet

Jeff

btw, You could always by a nice corn snake to get rid of that pinkie

 

[cweg]

i would freeze it and use again.

 

[TheDon]

well I cant feed it to anything now... its become my girlfriends pet. She would kill me if I fed it to one of the T's. And I dont think i will ever try that again even with the L parahybana that im getting especially with the odor and the fact that you got mites from it. Too much of a hassle.

peace

TheDon

 

[abstract]

Either way - it is cool to watch a spider eat a pinky..... I have put the pinkys on a paper towel, with moist to wet bread on it, and put the paper towel in the spider's enclosure.

I've had success keeping a pinky alive for at least 3 days with this method, although it never got eaten Either way though, they're only like $1.50.....

 

[TheDon]

Just an update, but we have had the pinky for 5 days now and it is still alive kind of a surprise but im kinda happy. Its got fur now but its eyes are still closed. Anyways so it is possible to keep them alive just kinda high maintenance.

peace

TheDon

 

[Hogge2k]

pinkie oder

Originally posted by jcohen9999
How long did you leave it in with the Cobalt? I can't imagine it would ignore it (unless it is way too big) if it came across it at night.

btw, have you done this before??? I tried it once (with a fizzy) and will never do it again. My L parahybana worked on it for approx 24hrs and the oder was, to say the least, strong. OK it stunk. Plus I think it introduced mites into my T cabinet

Jeff

btw, You could always by a nice corn snake to get rid of that pinkie

My Parahybana wont eat anything else but big rodents :?
I always give her frozen rats (pinkie) and she works on them for 15-20 hours. Fortunately I never experienced oder or mites. But then, mice smells alot worse than rats...

 

[pdrake]

my seemani ate two pinkies in two days. i gave her one and my brock one. the brock ignored it over night. the zebra ate it it in 2 hours. the next day i took the one out of the brock enclosure and it was still alive so i put it in with the zebra. about 10 minutes later she was munching away. only took about another 2 hours. no smell no mites.

 

[Craig]

Just an update, but we have had the pinky for 5 days now and it is still alive kind of a surprise but im kinda happy. Its got fur now but its eyes are still closed. Anyways so it is possible to keep them alive just kinda high maintenance.

wow!! when I tried to save pinkies that my ex's snake wouldn't eat they would only last about 2 days. congratulations!!!
what formula are you feeding the mouse?

 

[Kristen]

I'm the one who is actually taking care of the little guy. Once I saw him all small and wrinkly I just couldn't put him in the freezer....or back in with the Cobalt! Stuart (haha...yes after Stuart Little) is now 8 days old...I was feeding him at first milk diluted with water and a pinch of sugar, but I read around and found that cats milk (which is 98% lactose free) is a much better subsitutue for a mothers milk. I picked up a carton of it at the pet store, it is relatively cheap. I feed him as often as I can during the day and at night, and wipe him down with a warm cloth after he eats...this is necessary as a baby mouse's bowels will not work unless stimulated. Anyways...I'll post again if there are any interesting updates!

Kristen

 

[Sean]

i had an adult a.avic when i was 11 a female i gave her a pinky she came down to the ground from her hide and ran into the ground shelter i had for her, she ate the head then drug the body into the exact same place i placed the pinky and left it there and when back into the hide...weird

 

[Kristen]

Little Stuart died today....I fed him before I left for work in the morning, but since Mark wasn't home to feed him during the day he didn't get a feed this afternoon....I came home from work and got his formula ready for him, but I noticed that our trinidad chevron had molted, so I got caught up in making sure she was ok.....when I got around to feeding Stuey he had passed on.

Kristen

 

[Hogge2k]