Quote Originally Posted by LIZZIE82 View Post
I'm SO frustrated. Pocket is doing better and has a lot more energy. He's now impossible to feed though. Tonight, he would NOT open his mouth. Period. End of story. Kept turning around and was just being awful. I poked him in the eye at least three times by accident. I got fed up, put him in a kritter keeper with a paper towel and 6 crickets to see if he would eat. I put him in a dark room... came to check on him about 30 mins later and he was on his back!! I think he was throwing one his famous tantrums and hit the side of the keeper and fliped himself over and couldn't get back over. I tried to feed him again by force and he refused again. I put him back in his tank, in a clean water dish, upped the temp and covered him up. I'm still pretty upset over this. I thought we were doing soo good. Last night, he ate his booster, 3 crickets and I put him in his tank and he was really looking good. He's starting to fill out and I looked back on pics of him a week ago compared to now.... You can really tell the difference. Now, he's being stubborn and I'm afraid this is what he is going to do every night. Not to mention, Im sure my neighbors could hear me... and are now wondering why I keep calling my pocket a brat!
Remember what I said about staying calm and to be patient with Pocket? You are doing exactly what he doesn't need now. Too much stress is bad. If you yell and get aggrivated you're going to make things worse. Poking him in the eye is really going to stress him out. You yourself are making things more difficult than it actually is. Don't rush when trying to force feed. You're going to injure him. If he refuses to eat and acts stressed like flipping on his back then stop and place him in his home and let him be til the next night. Fighting with him will most definetly make things worse. Never yell. He can hear and your tone combined with him being able to sence your emotions will severly complicate his reaction to you and he will fight you more. He will fear you and not see you as helping anymore. CALM DOWN! Keep us posted.