4 jumbo carnisticks?

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sevank21

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My black aro is 12" or so and he'll eat MAX of 4 jumbo carnisticks a day...is this ok or "should" he be eating more? If so, how do I get him to et more?

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I got a 5" jardini that eats more lol. Hell eat until he looks like his going to pop! Wtf is up with my black and his anorexic girly appetite!

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Bump? :duh: A 19 minute old thread?

I went through the same thing with my older black aro(wild caught at 11"). It would hardly eat anything, only grew 8-9" in the first 3 years I owned it. It wasn't until it was put with my two large silvers that it ate normally. It then had a growth spurt of 5-6" in about six months. If it is eating then it is fine, you may try skipping a day between feedings to get it more aggressive, but this may not do anything to help.
 
I posted this thread yesterday SMH lol :)



And I think the key to this is, competition. Like u said, once u added your Silvers, he started eating more due to the competition. That's actually the only thing I haven't tried to get him to eat more.

It's all G. Once my jar is big enough hell be mad competition to my black.

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LoL, just looked at the time, guess I didn't notice the date.
 
It's at 84-85*

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You can, as already suggested, skip feedings. It has worked for me in the past. Another thing that has worked for me was to add aggressive feeding tankmates. Also, I must add. A Jardini as a tankmate for your black will only end badly for the black.
 
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