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Makyura · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:30 am Post subject: Chicken??

I found some chicken and salmon in our fridge today and put a couple little peices of each into Kalas' tank today...(we got him a new filter btw) and when i looked a few minutes later he seemd to be sitting in the spot where the chicken had sunk and it seemed to be gone!! but then I put another peice in and I dont think he's touched it....it's so hard to tell if he's really eaten anything...*sighs* Also got him a "turtle dock" but he only hides under it right now...getting the UVB light asap now! tis the only thing really left...

dixieee · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:35 am Post subject:

why don't u put him in a separate tank when feeding such oily food. u'll save so much cleaning (even if the filters are there) and it'll be easy to tell if he ate them or not. one thing u could do here, hold it for him near his nose. in that way he might smell it better and u'll get "access" to his mouth..hand-feeding Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Makyura · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject:

ah, thanks for the advice..tis greasey stuff...specially as he seemd uninterested in the salmon...I was thinking of putting him in the bath tub sometime to feed him maybe...but it's so big for him he would probably just swim around....
He's unfrtunately too shy yet to get him to hand feed just yet..I've done that a couple times though, took a peice of dried shrimp that had been floating in there a bit and put it in front of his face, but he just pulled back into his shell....maybe he's really picky.... Crying or Very sad

dixieee · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject:

if he sees u around too much u'll be familiar to him and he'll notice u and then eat what u hand-feed him Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Makyura · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:25 pm Post subject:

aah...yes...right now things are a bit hectic..but I normally try and hang around his tank for a while each night, mainly just watching him...hope he'll get use to me sooner or later... Smile

dixieee · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:55 am Post subject:

lol he will hopefully and one day u'll hope he didn't Laughing

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

Makyura · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: