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<blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 56105" data-attributes="member: 1152"><p>Years ago, when I first bought my G. porteri, I kept several dozen snakes and always had frozen pinkies on hand. Because it was a pain to buy just a couple crickets for her, I would sometimes drop in a thawed pinky. I would actually tie a thread to it so that I could drag it around and stimulate a feeding response (this was almost 20 years ago, and I really didn't know what I was doing). She ate them, but the boluses needed to be removed immediately because they rot and stink quickly.</p><p></p><p>I still have my girl, and I feed here a large cricket or so a week. She did just molt, so I gave her a large dubia roach to put a little weight on her after her recent molt, but after that it will be back to four crickets a month, She's easily in her mid 20s, so this seems to be working well for her. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tomoran, post: 56105, member: 1152"] Years ago, when I first bought my G. porteri, I kept several dozen snakes and always had frozen pinkies on hand. Because it was a pain to buy just a couple crickets for her, I would sometimes drop in a thawed pinky. I would actually tie a thread to it so that I could drag it around and stimulate a feeding response (this was almost 20 years ago, and I really didn't know what I was doing). She ate them, but the boluses needed to be removed immediately because they rot and stink quickly. I still have my girl, and I feed here a large cricket or so a week. She did just molt, so I gave her a large dubia roach to put a little weight on her after her recent molt, but after that it will be back to four crickets a month, She's easily in her mid 20s, so this seems to be working well for her. :) [/QUOTE]
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