pinkie mouse for tokay

[large_cichlids]

my tokay is used to eating crickets.if i tossed in a live pinkie do u think he would eat it.

 

[cichla1004]

Hey, you're back! LOL
Yeah he'll most likely eat it, just don't feed one that's too large.

 

[Tylervsmith]

Why wont you feed a pre killed>?

 

[TheBloodyIrish]

Didn't you ask this question before?

If you want to feed it a pinkie, at LEAST flick it on the head to kill it. Even feeders deserve to die humanely.

 

[Slim2634]

just feed a prekilled pinky f/t would be better but sometimes hard to find, pinkie mice look like fingers so the tokay should eat it lol

 

[dougefresh]

Yea it should definetly eat it........but as stated I would either buy a F/T mouse or at least flick it on the head before.......I was in the LPS the other day and they fed a live small mouse to a full grown tokay and it just completely crushed the mouse's head.......was really gruesome, I'd try and save the mouse some of that pain.......

 

[Jeox]

wouldn't flicking the head be about as bad pain wise as instantly crushing it?

 

[Tongue33]

That would be my opinion.

 

[large_cichlids]

so i should feed it a frozen pinkie or something

 

[cichla1004]

wouldn't flicking the head be about as bad pain wise as instantly crushing it?

I'd rather be knocked unconcious from a swift blow to the head than have my skull slowy crushed. Also, a Tokay doesn't really have a lot of jaw pressure so it would probably take a few attempts. Most of the time they don't always get them on the head in the first bite and then there's a lot of mouse biting. The mouse gets thrown across the cage a few times etc. It can be pretty brutal sometimes. In cases with bigger mice I always like to feed pre killed or f/t for the safety of the lizard. An adult mouse can do some serious damage.
Large_Cihlids, see if your LPS sells frozen pinkie mice. You can thaw those out in warm water and then toss them in the tank for your Tokay.