1-4 But I'll take it!!!

[Jillian]

My first 2 babies shed yesterday and I offered them food and it was a no go :( Then today I had another 2 babies shed and offered them food. I'm excited cause ONE of them took it. It's a small victory but I'll take it. Had to share cause I got 9 more to go and a win's a win :)

[screamindemon17]

Congrats ... Do u got any baby pics

[chris68]

Jillian, once they've thawed out try boiling a cup of water and pouring it over the pinkies just prior to feeding your new babies :)

[Nanci]

Boiling is like magic! But it's okay to wait a week after the shed. They still have yolk they are absorbing, that makes them not so hungry at first.

[Jillian]

These are the 4 that have shed. Check this morning and one more has shed as well!!!

[Jillian]

Wouldn't pouring boiling water over that tiny pinky cook it? Not that I'm disputing but they are just so tiny.

[Nanci]

That's the idea. It's the single best trick to get non-feeding hatchlings to eat. But yours are more likely just too early to feed. Wouldn't hurt to try on the refusers, though. They wean off it very easily.

[Jillian]

Good to know. These ones in the pictures are almost 2 weeks old. They were the first 4 to hatch. They were closest to the heating source. It took a week from start to finish for all 12 eggs to hatch.

[Nanci]

When I take my eggs out to air once or twice a week, I rotate the egg container and change shelves, hoping to even things out. 9By out, I mean remove the egg container, removing the lid, and fanning the eggs for a minute to exchange air. I don't have air holes in my egg containers).

[Jillian]

lol, yeah I thought about that after they started to hatch. These are the first, and were suppose to be only eggs...but my female threw a double clutch at me 61 days after the 1st. So now I'm sitting on 8 more eggs...I don't think they are all viable. There was one in there that looked like it was taking a turn for the worse but time will tell. If they were meant to make it they will I suppose.

[Jillian]

Boiling is like magic! But it's okay to wait a week after the shed. They still have yolk they are absorbing, that makes them not so hungry at first.

THANK YOU! This worked like a charm on the next 4 out of 5. I love this forum! It's been a HUGE help