frootloops;4002300; said:
I had no problem getting little dats to eat pellets but currently I'm having a VERY hard time converting the larger ones. I'm trying to convert a 6" NGT to eat pellets. He just looks at the massivore sink to the bottom each time. Is there any other method besides starving them?
For the bigger tigers, I'm afraid its the eat or die. This is the quickest method ime. Bigger ones have enough bulk to last ages with no food. For my thinbar (8.5 inch), it was already fat when i got him in Oct '09. He was fussy, didnt eat for 4 weeks (i wasnt even trying to starve.) Eventually it started to eat prawns on "daily" basis starting in mid-Jan 2010.
I started converting to pellets in Mid Feb, so 4 weeks and still not eaten pellets or anything. Still fat as anything. I reckon another 4 weeks and the job will be done. I dont panic after 4 weeks because i have done this method before with success
. Some of my tigers were real stubborn, taking up to 9-10 weeks before there eating pellets "daily".
If you dont have will power for starve method, try marinate method. Takes longer, but does work.
How long you been trying to convert? not long I bet...