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 My caiman is having trouble eating worms! Advice?

Okay once agian I want to ask the experts that I have been feeding my caiman meal worms. He had a hard time digesting it because I overfed him with it. But now that he took a crap, he started eating agian. I’m currently feeding him ReptoMin and baby crickets. Everytime I offer meal worms just do to a little mix of foods, he rejects it totally. He turns away from the worm, is there any way I can train him to eat the worms agian, like for a snack or something?
02/13/08  07:38pm

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 My caiman is having trouble eating worms! Advice?

Why?

He’s eating crickets? Next, you should throw a few fish in the pond. Later, mix it up with little pieces of raw meat and unaltered chicken. As he grows, get away from the crickets and feed him more raw, red meats. Why in Hell’s name would you want to train a caiman to eat worms? Where in nature would this ever happen?
02/23/08  03:56pm

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 My caiman is having trouble eating worms! Advice?

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’m currently feeding him ReptoMin and baby crickets.


I’d switch over to Mazuri Croc diet. Reptomin isn’t as good. Also, even the smallest crocs can eat the largest crickets. Feed him large crickets.

-Reed
02/24/08  07:47pm


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