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Steve_ (Jul 21st 2021) |
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Re: Feeding baby RES
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Jul 21st a 07:26 PM
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by Augie |
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Another bit of anecdotal information regarding the current crop of caged RES...
A week ago I dispatched a nuisance racoon. After I finished butchering the varmint I pulled the liver and pancreas out of the offal and chopped it up into itty-bitty pieces with a filet knife. Mixed it up with ~1 cup Optimal Starter #3.
You would think the stuff is caviar. I toss the small round pellets from Optimal Jr. -dry- into the cage until they stop taking them. I've found that they will eat much more of it if I toss one or two at a time rather than 20 or 30. After they've eaten their fill of those I drop in bits of the coon liver, which worked to very nicely hydrate the Starter #3 pellets, one piece at time. They fight over it. Observed rejection of the pellets is virtually zero.
The first of this batch to be caged have been in there for about a month now. Earlier today I pulled the cage to get a visual on how they are doing. The best of them look like little footballs. Some of them look like they haven't eaten in weeks. This is consistent with my previous observations.
I think it's time that I built another cage so that I can separate the aggressive feeders from those that are on the timid side. I want to find out if the wallflowers will bloom after the bullies are moved out.
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