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#1594492
C.F.H.
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 Food offerings?
my guy wont eat the raw meat that i’ve been trying to give him. he loves the fish i give him. but turns his nose up at every thing else. is their any tricks that i should know to intice him into eating somthing other then fish??where to put it? land, water, ect...it would be a great help to me and to him.
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01/25/08 09:30pm
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#1594852
Slimdavey
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Message To: C.F.H. In reference to Message Id: 1594492
Food offerings?
Where about in Canada do you live ? I have a Dwarf Caiman and he eats anything I put in front of him so far , I rotate between fish , Mice usually dead ones , and have been feeding chicken and beef with calcium powder added to the meat , I’m waiting to spring so I can start feeding craw fish I live in canada too and its hard to get craw fish when everything is frozen LOL
how Long is Your caiman ? and would love to know what you are using for an enclosure , just curious and always could use advice and help from anyone thanks and take care and good luck !
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01/26/08 02:22am
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#1594858
Simbaah
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Message To: C.F.H. In reference to Message Id: 1594492
Food offerings?
Don’t feed it to much gold fish cuz they can cause health problems with you caiman, every now and then wont hurt but try other species of fish more often, try pinky rats or fuzzy mice and crickets, and mazuri croc diet as a supplement, they need bones, not just meat, live or whole prey, you can use raw meat as a filler but they need to digest actuall bones as well. You can hold the mouse by th tail with tongs or some other holding device and gentle tap the caimans jaws until he bites it and back up and he might eat it or let a small mouse run free until the caiman hunts it down, my caiman wont hunt the mice, he only eats when I tap his jaws with the mouse but every now and then he give a head nod that he only does when he is hungry in a submissive way and I can hang the mouse above his head and he leaps and bites the mouse and eats it. Some times squirting thier jaws with a water bottle gently can trigger them to chew if they are being stubborn, Peace, I hope that helps.......
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01/26/08 02:28am
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#1595111
C.F.H.
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Message To: Slimdavey In reference to Message Id: 1594852
Food offerings?
My guy is just over a foot long he is set up in a 90 g wide for the winter. Next summer I’m going to put him in a pool with chicken wire to hold him in. I tried feeding him raw steak last night. I put it on a rock and I got up this morning and it was gone, but I didn’t look too long. I’m going to go and try to get some pinky mice today and see if he will except those.
Thanks guys
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01/26/08 11:46am
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#1595121
C.F.H.
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Message To: C.F.H. In reference to Message Id: 1595111
Food offerings?
Oh yeah, I live in Southern Ontario.
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01/26/08 11:50am
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#1596284
Slimdavey
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Message To: C.F.H. In reference to Message Id: 1595121
Food offerings?
I live in Mount Forest Ont , Right now I’m in the middle of building My Dwarf Caiman a bigger and better enclosure , I have mine in a 90 gallon right now , but in a week or two he will have enough room to do whatever he wants ,,
I wish you all the best of luck with you caiman , would like to see a few pics , if you have them .!
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01/27/08 06:18am
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#1596517
C.F.H.
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Message To: Slimdavey In reference to Message Id: 1596284
Food offerings?
sure i just have to find my camra cable i will have them on here around the end of the mouth.going to visit the inlaws YAAAAAAAAA! NOT! LOL! i think that i left it there.
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01/27/08 11:55am
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