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Originally Posted by Cat_Eyed_Lady
I will and thanks I didnt want to highjack your thread but at your invitation I will do so They were forced about 8pm this evening (8/4) and its 4am here on the 5th and so far non have regurged. How long til the biggest danger of that is over?? 24-48 hours?? ( I dont disturb them.. they are in 3cup gladware containers that are clear on the sides and I just kinda peek )
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I've actually never had a baby I force fed regurge
I think that stroking the throat helps the pinkie get down far enough to discourage regurging, and the fact that most pinkies split while I am trying to get them in makes them easier to digest. No slitting necessary!
If they keep them down until the next day, the bulge will be practically gone and the risk of regurge is minimal. I still don't handle them until the third day, just to be on the safe side.
You are using containers about the same size I am, 25 fl. oz. (3 1/8 cup), and the snakes should be fine in them until they roughly double in size. Did you put some holes in the tops and sides? I put about a dozen small holes in the lids and three near the top of each side for ventilation. I use a soldering iron, but a drill with a small bit works, too. The side holes allow me to stack the containers on top of each other to save space. Since I currently have twenty-one hatchlings and six more coming in a couple of weeks, I have to squeeze where I can. I've found I can stack three columns of them, six per stack, in a ten gallon aquarium. This prevents anything from knocking into them and keeps the temperature stable by blocking any drafts. I can still see in the sides of each of them, so I can check the babies whenever I need to. The same containers, without holes in the sides, make great water bowls, and I'm using them for all of my 06s and 05s.
What are you using to provide water? Dean uses caps off soda bottles, which is fine if you make sure to check and refill them often. I've used the plastic lids off small jars in the past, and they double as bathing pools at shedding time
, but they do take up a lot of floor space in the GladWare. For the current batch, I cut down plastic dixie cups to about an inch tall, and that's working very well. The small lidded containers that dip comes in with take-out food work okay, but they tip a little too easily for me.
As I said, keep posting about your hatchlings and how your feeding attempts go. Your contributions are very welcome.