New Motoro fussy eater

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jim barry

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Well i thought it would not happen but that shows how wrong you can be. I read all the time about people getting rays that won't eat and now i have one too! I have three Orbignyi/Humerosa who all eat anything and did so with in a week of having them. I have just got a little Motoro peru and all she wants is earthworms. She will eat loads of them but it's getting them that is the problem, just about emptied my compost bin and i am getting fed up with digging the garden ! Plus it means i can not feed her two or three times a day to get some weight on her because i can't get enough worms. Guess i will have to be patient and hope she eventually turns onto all the other stuff i feed my other rays, cockles, shrimp etc. i have tried the worm juice soaking thing already and it didn't work, just smelt real bad and made me want to throw up!!:ROFL:
 
waaaaaa, my motoro won't eat anything but earthworms!!! go buy some from walmart or a bait and tackle joint, and be happy because she will eat. my rays only eat earthworms and live feeders and i've dealt with it for 5+ years!
 
I had a female marble that would only eat earthworms for about a year. Walmart was my best supplier. I would get her fat on worms. then starve her for up 3 weeks, during which I offered her shrimp. I absolutely won't give my rays feeders. Eventually she just started eating shrimp one day out of the blue. It will take awhile sometimes, but eventually they will get it. Just don't give up, or give her to someone who will be patient with her.
 
I won't be giving her away thats for sure !! i will be patient, she will eat worms when i can get them and the rest of the time she will be offered the same as the others. Eventually i hope she will change her tastes.
 
Do some online searches for worm suppliers, you should be able to find someone who sells them cheaper than Walmart and in much larger quantities - after all, someone has to supply Walmart, and you could just get your worms from them (look for gardening/vermicuposting sites).
 
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