My 5 inch Indo Dat... Need help to Pellet train!

[krichardson]

Like...it's resistances weakened due to starvation?

 

[Ade]

So for 7 months your NGT only ate 7 times?
How long did it take the NGT to start taking pellets?

I also tried the eat or die method on my NGT (7 inches) and another indo (3-4 inches).
After around 3 months i got worried since the indo got thin and the bones on his head were starting to appear. The NGT lost little weight but I stopped starving both of them and I just give them shrimp now.

I want to try your method of feeding shrimp only once a month until he eats pellets but I'm scared that I may eventually lose my NGT as well
Have you ever had a tiger die from this method?

Yes that's right, it ate prawns once a month only. By month 8 it was eating pellets 100%. That NGT was really stubborn. Most won't be that hard to convert.
So srictly speaking I don't do the eat or die method 100%.
By doing it my way (prawns once a month & pellets on all other days) I have never lost a tiger whilst trying to convert using this method.
Marinating pellets on prawn and bloodworm juice also helps convert quicker.