If you are still looking for an answer, contact me off list. Armadillo babies
are tough to keep alive for any length of time but I can relate some
experiences and information from the literature. All things considered, you
(and the dillo) would be better off if you could put it back with mama if
she's still around.
Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BG Granier
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:05 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: non-native fish question
>
>
> Thanks Guys!
>
> Now my next question is: What's the formula for raising
> Mammadillo's first
> little pink baby armadillo found in the back area of
> shrubbery? (I called
> them Mammadillo and babydillo this morning : ) .
>
> BG
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leo Arieux" <HOLLIS1506_at_webtv.net>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:37 AM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: non-native fish question
>
>
> > Beeg:
> >
> > Green water is perfect for 1st food for goldfish fry. Each
> year, after
> > over wintering in my pond (before the water lillies covered
> most of the
> > surface) the algae would turn the water into something
> similar to pea
> > soup, The water would warm up and the goldfish would go
> into an orgy of
> > breeding. I would expect to see fry within a week or so.
> I did nothing
> > other than feed the adults and after about 3 weeks I
> crushed the pellet
> > food that I was feeding the adults to rough power and
> sprinkled on the
> > surface above the hornwort in the pond.
> >
> > This was sufficient to sustain a few hundred that I culled
> and sold to
> > the LFS
> > nearby. They grew rapidly and required further culling
> which I did after
> > several months. Simple but effective, for me , of course
> YMMV as Wright
> > Huntley frequently says.
> >
> > Have a safe day and stay well,
> >
> > Leo
> >
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