She still dont BITE!!

[West1]

Im starting to give up on my Retic as she only eats BloodWorms

I starve her for 12 days at a time before giving in on BloodWorms.
Every day I toss in small pcs of Market Shrimp (diced) and she pays no mind to it... What am I doing wrong besides not letting her go??

I tried the soaking shrimp... in the BloodWorms for a day or 2... nothing
I tried diff fresh diced fish... nothing

I tried Diced Catfish, Tilapia, Market Shrimp and still nothing

I dont want to get rid of her so I need some more Ideas

Thanks

 

[Weylin]

Earthworms ?

 

[keepinfish]

Earthworms ?

 

[oscar n redtail cat]

yep my recti eat blood worm and earth worm and the odd cupple chunks of prawn with ease try them

and GL mate

 

[Kolossus]

Get em on chopped nightcrawlers then progress from there.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Hold strong and keep at it....

I would only give up if I started to see her pelvic bones!

 

[raymaster80]

Im starting to give up on my Retic as she only eats BloodWorms

I starve her for 12 days at a time before giving in on BloodWorms.
Every day I toss in small pcs of Market Shrimp (diced) and she pays no mind to it... What am I doing wrong besides not letting her go??

I tried the soaking shrimp... in the BloodWorms for a day or 2... nothing
I tried diff fresh diced fish... nothing

I tried Diced Catfish, Tilapia, Market Shrimp and still nothing

I dont want to get rid of her so I need some more Ideas

Thanks

Try night crawlers/earthworms. I rinse them in water like crazy in cool water to remove the slime and get them to spit out the dirt. Chop them up into real small pieces. Then try shrimp or scallops thats soaked in worm blood.

 

[West1]

Hold strong and keep at it....

I would only give up if I started to see her pelvic bones!

She does eat Earthworms... whole pcs. I want to get her off worms in general and looking for a way out
I tried once with soaking shrimp in a cup of water with Earthworms but gave up the first time (I assumed it was the same as BloodWorms, Ill try this for a while)

Her Pelvic bone does show... Does this mean I am starving her for to many days?

Thanks for all the replies

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Pelvic bones after only 12 days?

How big or small is this ray? Age? Sounds young...

 

[West1]

Pelvic bones after only 12 days?

How big or small is this ray? Age? Sounds young...

She is 6" Dia. I have had her for a few months now and was starving her every week... then moved it up to 12 days about a month ago

The Pelvic bones are the 2 little bumps around the back of the Disc, right?