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Feeding my first hatchlings...

wax32

wax32

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As some of you know, I recently hatched my first clutch of eggs...

Three weeks post hatch update:

8 have eaten a thawed pinky, some on first try some on second try, some on third try (skipping a day or two in between). Doing the math I have 10 that have not eaten at all yet. I'm thawing some pinks for them, and fuzzies for all my yearlings, right now. Talk about a big plate of mice! :D

Anyway, how long do I let these guys refuse before I need to worry about them?

Also, since all of them have refused at least three times at this point, should I try feeding half-lengthwise cut pinks? They aren't the smallest of pinks, but these hatchlings aren't the smallest I've seen either. :D
 
Nobody? :D

One more ate, so a total of 9 have eaten at least once. One that had previously eaten ate again yesterday. So I feel good about him.

Time to worry about the other guys that have refused 3 times now?

Should I try to find live pinks?
 
You don't need to worry that much about the ones that won't eat right away... They hatch with some reserves to live off (the 'yolk belly") and that sometimes makes it so they take a good amount of time before they get hungry. I have had a few take a month, even as long as two months, to eat for the first time and go on to do fine afterwards. Remember it can take that long or longer for a baby in the wild to successfully stalk and capture its first meal.
I wouldn't try to feed them every couple of days, though. I feel that is too often and that they can even get worse about rejecting food if you are bugging them every couple of days...
 
I was talking to a guy at a pet shop who breeds them. I watched him feeding the babies while we were chatting. he would put the pinkie into a brown paper bag, a small one like used for sack lunches, and then would put the snake in, fold the top over, and then put it back into the snakes home. I guess the isolation helps the young ones to feel more secure about eating. I wouldn't see anything wrong with leaving them like that for a few hours, and then checking back. Perhaps even overnight?
 
Thanks guys, I know the various "tricks". My main concern was how long they can go from hatching. It's been just short of a month so far and I was getting worried. So far so good I guess!

A few of them have eaten twice now, 9 left that haven't eaten at all. I've picked out a couple of "keepers", mostly due to a cool pattern. Like I really need any more! (I don't have a normal or an anery yet tho...) :D
 
I feed my new baby snakes in their "plastic deli" cups...the ones that they came in...but the small amount of room seems to help them focus on what needs to be done..I tried on in a plastic shoe box, and it took longer for him to eat...but he did eat within 20 mins...
I would try putting them in a smaller place, and cover it, and leave them for a bit..I think that might work...
hope eveyone eats at some point..good luck with them!
 
*salAMANDA88* said:
I feed my new baby snakes in their "plastic deli" cups...the ones that they came in...but the small amount of room seems to help them focus on what needs to be done..I tried on in a plastic shoe box, and it took longer for him to eat...but he did eat within 20 mins...
I would try putting them in a smaller place, and cover it, and leave them for a bit..I think that might work...
hope eveyone eats at some point..good luck with them!
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Yeah, these are my first personally hatched corns, but I have a bunch. :D

I feed my babies in the cups I use for fruit fly cultures. Very small, but clear. So I put a towel over problem feeders. I've ordered boxes and deli-cups from Superior. When they get here in a couple of days I'll try feeding them in the white deli-cups.

None are getting skinny at all or acting weak, so I'm not too worried yet. Just a normally worried first-time dad I guess. :D
 
lol...don't worry..I am sure when I breed my snakes, and have my first babies..I'll be a worried snakie mommy..so I know what you mean...
hope everything works out..:rolleyes:
 
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