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Ok so today I made another mistake... I gave him a mix of ground turkey and beef liver w/ cod oil on a bed of collard greens. He did really great and ate almost all I had given him yesterday so I thought it would be good to go. I even put down some paper towel underneath his dish to avoid him getting it in the substrate cuz he's really messy. Sooo he got a hold of a large piece of liver (I should've cut them more I hate myself now x_x) and he dragged it throughout the cage through the cypress mulch until it was coated with sharp pointy chips... then he wolfed it down. :| I tried to take it away from him with tongs but he gulped it before I could snatch it. He started gasping a little but calmed down afterward. I took the rest of his food away and I'll be so angry at myself if he gets impacted. What are the signs of impaction? When I approached him today it seemed like he was breathing a little harder than he should, but it might've just been from my close proximity. I know this is the risk I take from feeding him in the enclosure but there's nothing I can do until I gain more of his trust enough for bin feeding. Should I start feeding him the turkey mix with the prongs? It's still messy since the mix is mush and has a chance of falling when he snaps at it. I had to go back through all the bags of mix i freezed to cut up any long liver bits. blahh

<blockquote data-quote="Kasmut" data-source="post: 119098" data-attributes="member: 3677"><p>Ok so today I made another mistake... I gave him a mix of ground turkey and beef liver w/ cod oil on a bed of collard greens. He did really great and ate almost all I had given him yesterday so I thought it would be good to go. I even put down some paper towel underneath his dish to avoid him getting it in the substrate cuz he's really messy. Sooo he got a hold of a large piece of liver (I should've cut them more I hate myself now x_x) and he dragged it throughout the cage through the cypress mulch until it was coated with sharp pointy chips... then he wolfed it down. :| I tried to take it away from him with tongs but he gulped it before I could snatch it. He started gasping a little but calmed down afterward. I took the rest of his food away and I'll be so angry at myself if he gets impacted. What are the signs of impaction? When I approached him today it seemed like he was breathing a little harder than he should, but it might've just been from my close proximity. I know this is the risk I take from feeding him in the enclosure but there's nothing I can do until I gain more of his trust enough for bin feeding.&nbsp; Should I start feeding him the turkey mix with the prongs? It's still messy since the mix is mush and has a chance of falling when he snaps at it. I had to go back through all the bags of mix i freezed to cut up any long liver bits. blahh</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Kasmut, post: 119098, member: 3677"] Ok so today I made another mistake... I gave him a mix of ground turkey and beef liver w/ cod oil on a bed of collard greens. He did really great and ate almost all I had given him yesterday so I thought it would be good to go. I even put down some paper towel underneath his dish to avoid him getting it in the substrate cuz he's really messy. Sooo he got a hold of a large piece of liver (I should've cut them more I hate myself now x_x) and he dragged it throughout the cage through the cypress mulch until it was coated with sharp pointy chips... then he wolfed it down. :| I tried to take it away from him with tongs but he gulped it before I could snatch it. He started gasping a little but calmed down afterward. I took the rest of his food away and I'll be so angry at myself if he gets impacted. What are the signs of impaction? When I approached him today it seemed like he was breathing a little harder than he should, but it might've just been from my close proximity. I know this is the risk I take from feeding him in the enclosure but there's nothing I can do until I gain more of his trust enough for bin feeding. Should I start feeding him the turkey mix with the prongs? It's still messy since the mix is mush and has a chance of falling when he snaps at it. I had to go back through all the bags of mix i freezed to cut up any long liver bits. blahh [/QUOTE]

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