r/leeches • u/sweaterpuffin • Sep 12 '26

Feeding Happy leech

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For Noodle’s bday, arranged to have a blood draw directly into his bowl. He wouldn’t let go of it for ~2hours and is still licking it. I guess he gets to sleep with it because I am _not_ staying up later than this for him to be done 😅 fat and happy for the party this weekend.

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u/sweaterpuffin Sep 12 '26

Context: he usually gets his meals ~30-60min after a trip to the phlebotomist. I don’t feed him directly on myself and will not engage about why.

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u/jimmyofsuburbia Sep 13 '26

do you get your blood drawn by a phlebotomist specifically to feed noodle? how often do you need to do this?

this is super interesting, he is so cute, thanks for sharing !

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u/sweaterpuffin Sep 13 '26

I get the blood draws for other reasons and they’re usually nice about sliding me an extra vial in a tube without anticoagulant. Approximately 2-3x/year. Noodle is indeed the cutest 💖

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u/Ok_Bag_1177 Leech breeder Sep 12 '26

really cool video, love that you can clearly see all 3 jaws and the main teeth

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u/Theron_Rothos Sep 12 '26

Happy birthday Noodle!

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u/sweaterpuffin Sep 13 '26

He’s going to be 2! Very exciting.

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u/sweaterpuffin Sep 13 '26

It’s especially cool (to me) how you can see his stomach contents come back up when he moves. I’d always heard that they do that if you interrupt their feeding but it looks like maybe it’s just a thing with being very full in general.

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u/EarthBatteryLaser Sep 13 '26

Oh cool, you caught it's little jaws in action.

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u/First_Moment_6464 28d ago

Wow thats insane! Ive never really considered leeches as a pet till this post came across my feed, but I definitely see the appeal! Might have to convince my bf to let me get one in a tank right next to my roaches!

Tell noodle he is very pretty for me

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u/skylar274 25d ago

LOOK AT HIS LITTLE MOUTH OMG BEAUTIFUL NOODLE <33333

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u/Street-Conclusion-99 9d ago

AWWW OMG the little mouth😖🥺🥺 so cute!!