Where would I be able to find some? Looking it up doesn’t hail many results :,D
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LLL Reptiles will send you a box of 10 for $60, shipping included.
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I can’t find the chutney so do I have to chutney-ify them myself? Or would simply scenting the pinks work as well? I’m one of those anti-doing any animal death dealings myself under all circumstances unless it’s a state of emergency, plus I don’t mind keeping an anole or three for scenting some food, if anything it could be a bit more convenient for me since I could save some money. I have a local pet store that usually has live anoles. I’ll look into getting some and in the meantime try boiled pinks this weekend if they refuse again
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Reptilinks sells liquified anole juice. Very expensive. You may be able to get it through Chewy too, I think.
And yeah, the chutney is made from euthanized anoles. I absolutely hate doing it, but…
You couid try plastering shed anole skin onto a pink, if that pet store will give you some.
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Cuban anoles or Carolina anoles or other?
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Carolinas, I’m pretty sure
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I’ll try the shed trick and boiled pinks first, then some scenting from a live anole. If all fails I’ll cop some money on some juice to scent them with or bottom line, force them to take a pink head or xs pink
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I just syringed Carnivore Critical Care into a bunch of stubborn jerks. There’s no end to the unpleasant ways we can keep these guys alive until they figure things out!
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this is such a good idea! I’m sure it eliminates the worry about how fragile they are during force feeding too, I had a cousin who took in a rescue rat snake who had her jaw break during a force feeding gone wrong, poor thing didn’t survive even after surgery and treatments
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Jamming a tube down a tiny throat comes with its own set of injury anxieties. But I’m inept at force feeding. And they get decent growth off the stuff.
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If anyone want the absolute BEST update I could give on Miss Priss, she passed the egg all on her own! I woke up after worrying since she’d been in shed and more lethargic lately, but today she seemed a lot better and had shed! Upon checking her egg bulge, it was completely gone! I thought I was crazy, started tearing her rack apart, and I wasn’t! She already seems a lot more social again, between finally getting this thing out of her and having just shed. I’ll warm up a nice large mouse for her today since I didn’t get to feed her Saturday. I bet it’ll be nice getting back to adult mice for her instead of smaller meals! She’s still practically the same weight at 400g though 
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Fantastic! Best possible outcome.
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I also tried feeding babies again, stripe took her second meal and the ultra masque (once again) got it down about half way before spitting it out again. I tried a room temperature pink this time like when I feed their mom, and at least they seemed infinitely more interested, I wonder if they inherited her preferences lol!
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Boy oh boy has this one gotten NEON red, I’m talking maraschino cherry red! My camera can’t pick it up under any lighting even! This picture absolutely puts him to shame but it’s already such a shift from the first picture I posted of him here
A very polite picture of the stripe baby, who is now 8g! She originally hatched at only 4. For only taking two meals so far, I’m still happy with her progress, she’s already one of the sweetest snakes I’ve owned, and I thought she’d start getting wiggly like her siblings
And the little anery masque ultra who’s the biggest stinker out of all three, doesn’t eat, love to try and escape his tote when I open it, and absolute wiggliest
In this picture you can’t see it, but he has a near-white tongue that I’m very fond of
Spoiler alert: kind of gross. I also wanted opinions on this baby that unfortunately was dead in the egg, even the eyes are white on this baby, and it was completely solid white, which was absolutely beautiful. If anything, I just wanted to share even if nobody has input on what it could be, since I’m finally not bitter anymore about the babies who didn’t make it
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4g to 8g off two meals is amazing!
Yeah, you see some funky stuff in dead eggs. It’s clear from what I’ve seen that full pigment development and migration happens sort of late in incubation.
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