Peacock Exercise?

Mr. Manty · 12/10/2018, 06:40 PM

How important is it for a peacock to use it's smashers regularly?

nmotz · 12/10/2018, 09:08 PM

I think it's always healthier for an animal to be able to use its natural abilities. Hunting live, hard-shelled prey seems to be good for them but if they're getting fed a varied diet and have good water quality then I'm not sure it's a huge deal that they aren't using their smashers a lot. Every now and then I'd agitate my old Peacock a little bit by bringing the tongs in close to the mouth of the burrow so she'd strike them. She never hit them that hard though. Emerald crabs always brought out the fury in her. She was too lazy to try to open up snails, haha.

Gonodactylus · 12/11/2018, 10:26 AM

If O. scyllarus don't have the opportunity to strike there is a small, but real increased chance that they will lose a raptorial appendage during a molt.

Roy

Jlentz · 12/17/2018, 12:09 AM

CUC is cheap if you buy by the dozens.

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Mr. Manty · 12/20/2018, 07:38 PM

Thank you all! Now what if my peacock seems to have lost interest in hard food? He rockets towards my hand and grabs it expecting to be hand fed and will go 5 days without eating if I only offer live clams and nass snails until I give in and hand feed him again. Yea hand feed, not stick feed. I know I'm an idiot.

Loganberry · 12/30/2018, 05:01 PM

Sounds like your mantis has realised that you hand feeding means exerting less energy so manty now takes the easy option, id say just dont hand feed anymore, throw in some snails, sure if it gets hungry enough it will start to eat them.

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12/10/2018, 06:40 PM	#1
Mr. Manty Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 194	Peacock Exercise? How important is it for a peacock to use it's smashers regularly?

12/10/2018, 09:08 PM	#2
nmotz Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: FL, USA Posts: 1,433	I think it's always healthier for an animal to be able to use its natural abilities. Hunting live, hard-shelled prey seems to be good for them but if they're getting fed a varied diet and have good water quality then I'm not sure it's a huge deal that they aren't using their smashers a lot. Every now and then I'd agitate my old Peacock a little bit by bringing the tongs in close to the mouth of the burrow so she'd strike them. She never hit them that hard though. Emerald crabs always brought out the fury in her. She was too lazy to try to open up snails, haha. __________________ Mantis shrimp are the best! Current Tank Info: 20L Peacock mantis shrimp tank

12/11/2018, 10:26 AM	#3
Gonodactylus Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Berkeley, CA, USA Posts: 5,024	If O. scyllarus don't have the opportunity to strike there is a small, but real increased chance that they will lose a raptorial appendage during a molt. Roy

12/17/2018, 12:09 AM	#4
Jlentz Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 332	CUC is cheap if you buy by the dozens. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

12/20/2018, 07:38 PM	#5
Mr. Manty Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 194	Thank you all! Now what if my peacock seems to have lost interest in hard food? He rockets towards my hand and grabs it expecting to be hand fed and will go 5 days without eating if I only offer live clams and nass snails until I give in and hand feed him again. Yea hand feed, not stick feed. I know I'm an idiot.

12/30/2018, 05:01 PM	#6
Loganberry Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 68	Sounds like your mantis has realised that you hand feeding means exerting less energy so manty now takes the easy option, id say just dont hand feed anymore, throw in some snails, sure if it gets hungry enough it will start to eat them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk