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JohannaF
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 Mice and aggression?

I just gave my frilly her first fuzzy (she’s about 2 yrs old, 21" long) and she gobbled it right up. I came back about an hour later to see if she was still hungry, and she was (somehow... she’s a fat i guess) so I gave her a little bit more food (a few mouthfuls of crickets legs). I don’t want to overfeed her, I heard pinkie mice should set her straight for a few days. Is it normal for them to still be hungry after a fuzzy mouse?
Anyway, a few minutes later I went in to pet her and she was seriously thinking about eating my finger, she actually kinda did. She is not at all an aggressive lizard and has never bit me before. She was definitely trying to eat it, she stuck out her tongue first before she bit. Could this be associate to the common shape between fuzzies and fingers? Has anyone else had this problem? If it is the mice then I just will not feed them to her anymore.
P.S. I washed my hands after handling the mouse, so it should not have been a problem with the smell.
05/11/08  09:26pm

 #1732658


Chezequers
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   Message To: JohannaF   In reference to Message Id: 1732456


 Mice and aggression?

Yeah they have a good appetite as far as lizards go, i been bitten a few times just do what i do with snakes and leave them alone for an hour or two after feeding this should reduce the chance of you being bitten
05/12/08  03:47am

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JohannaF
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   Message To: Chezequers   In reference to Message Id: 1732658


 Mice and aggression?

Is it maybe related to hand feeding them to her?
I just really don’t want her to turn aggressive on me. She’s such a sweetheart usually.
05/12/08  11:57am

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Chezequers
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   Message To: JohannaF   In reference to Message Id: 1732867


 Mice and aggression?

I’ve not heard of hand feeding being the cause before my frilled will bite himself some of the time they do some bizarre stuff



05/12/08  05:06pm

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   Message To: JohannaF   In reference to Message Id: 1732456


 Mice and aggression?

heres a bizzar theory! perhaps your not giving your frilly proper lighting as well as improper diet /or improper calcium levels ///causing your frilly to go blind and to just go nuts and thrash about violently!!! ha ha just kidding personaly I think mice do have something to do with the behavior of your lizard! my male that you can see on look at this baby post loves mice and when you put one or two in the cage its stay out of his way /he gets teritorial and an almost vicious nature to him untill he calms down and things start to digest/so I,m saying as mice go about an hour after eating he,s ready to hang out and be a buddy agin!but you don’t get near the cage anytime sooner not without being attacted by the dragon
05/12/08  10:37pm

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Coults
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   Message To: JohannaF   In reference to Message Id: 1732867


 Mice and aggression?

i use long forceps on tongs if im feeding my frilly fluffs
05/31/08  07:53am


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