Kink

[jadey1511]

One of my hatchlings has a kink he still hasn't eaten but this is only second feed has anyone had experience with this and have a happy story? What is the best thing to do?

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[Nanci]

If he eats, sheds, poops, you can keep him as a pet. Plenty of hatchlings don't eat on the second meal. How bad is the kink?

[jadey1511]

I will take a pic when I have chance as it's hard to explain it doesn't seem to bad and his movement is excellent he's such a beautiful snake just going to hope for the best :)

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[Nanci]

I'd just treat him like any other non-feeding hatchling. The kink is probably unrelated. Some babies just take a while to get started- you have to find the thing they want. I have a really good sticky down in my personal forum about tricks for non-feeders.

[jadey1511]

That's good to hear that it's probably unrelated :) there 2 others that haven't eaten either but out of out first clutch we have one hatchling called mouldy (thought the egg was not viable) and he didn't eat for 4 feeds he's one of out best eaters now il get a pic soon to you

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[jadey1511]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/4deee06755f28cb52da5c8eb41998537.jpg this is kink

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[jadey1511]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/fd63ff96ee9d0e900144418922ccc273.jpg kink again

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[jadey1511]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/1ef2fdc9f4da416df5cae8f21bf7d02b.jpg
This is my beautiful mouldy x

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[jadey1511]

From the pics will kink be OK. ?

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[Highball]

I personally can't see the pictures you tried to post. How is his behavior? Does he mind being held? Or is he hard to handle like he wants to get away from you? Just curious. I'm interested in kinks and how they effect quality of life.

[Highball]

Sorry my internet is just crappy, I can see the pics now. Pretty snake, nice white background.

[jadey1511]

He's really pleasent.. I try not to handle them alot but when we're changing him he's no trouble at all.. the only issue we are having is he's not eaten yet :( thanks for your Info

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[Highball]

Read Nanci's post on non-feeder tricks. There are lots of things you can try like live pinky and boiled pinky.

[DuxorW]

I'm interested in kinks and how they effect quality of life.

I know mice aren't snakes, but I used to work with mutant mice that had extreme skeletal defects. Vertebrae were fused and disorganized at all levels of the skeleton, the ribs had fusions and bifurcations, and the spine was kinked (the kinked tails made them look like little Pikachus). The mice seemed to get along just fine and were active their whole lives. I think spinal deformities cause less of a problem with animals that don't walk upright, and that have significantly shorter lifespans compared to humans. I have two friends with vertebral abnormalities (one had a vertebral fusion, the other had an extra lumbar vertebra) that they didn't discover until their 30s, when they started experiencing back pain after exercise.