Our baby won't eat

[ceacie]

Please help. Our 9 week old baby corn will not eat pinkies on his own. He does seem to try as there are fang marks every time. He goes to our specialist vet once a week for an assist feed of a tail but he is not growing, he is just maintaining his weight of 8g.

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[Dragonling]

Have you been weighing the pinkies? If so what size are you feeding? It could be that he is trying to eat but the mouse is just a little too big. I've been selecting the tiniest newborns I can find for my 7g hatchling.

[jagodzinski]

Hello - I posted a response in your welcome message but in case you didn't see it, I have reposted it here:

I am very sorry that is happening. Have you talked to the vet about other feeding options. I don't have any experience with problem feeders but I have read some about it on this forum. I know that there is one technique where people "scent" the mice with either anoles or soap. You could try searching for that.

If you scroll down in this care sheet a little bit, there is a section written by Kathy Love (very well regarded as corn snake expert) about non-feeder babies. Hopefully this will help you.

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28342