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anything besides mice/rats?

Malestroms Tropicals

Malestroms Tropicals

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I have hatchling corns, one eats like crazy the others havent touched a thing and are skinny, do they desire something besides pinkies? like large cockroaches? the dubians I feed to my lizards.
thanks for any help!
Michael :)
 
No insects!!!! try anoles and quail and scenting pinkies...do a search on "scenting"
 
Have a look at the stickied FAQ at thetop of the Health Issues/Feeding Problems section - that contains a whole section on tempting reluctant hatchlings. Definitely no insects though.
 
Hey, I actually have a little hatchling who just started eating on his own after three months- he was super skinny too. I'd actually force feed him adult mouse tails (super easy to force feed). It seemed to me that after I did that he realized that he should probably start eating things that smelled that way on his own. I scented a pinkie with an ASF the next week and he ate it just fine, then just last week he took his second meal, a slit pinky with no problems!
 
jdog, where am i going to find quail? lil I live in the city of Philadelphia.
Im going to put a 20 long in my shed and split it with plexiglass and have 2 females in there, 1 on each side and ill swap a male back anf forth to keep the brood of pinkies going when they start eating, I cant believe how expensive pinkies are, and I used to raise rats for my pythons and boas which are long gone and i recall becoming overrun with babies, at least i can freeze them or sell them off.
 
start breeding, not eating, lol!
Im used to being able to edit my posts, odd rule to not be able to edit your post.
Now I have to correct everything before I post.
I feel like im in 8th grade again. :p
 
I know of a few feeding tricks ^^ By the way ASF is African soft furred rats :3

Get a needle, a Tupperware box, a rag, a cup, frozen pinks and some very hot water.

Put the frozen pinks in the water until they are very hot to mimic live mouse temps and stab the needle through the mouse's head. Place the pinkie in the box (POKE AIR HOLES WITH THE NEEDLE) and put your reluctant feeder in. Put the Tupperware box in a closet or dark quiet room with the rag over the box. I would check every hour or so to see if it has eaten. If not, just heat it up and put it back in!

Try this every 5 days if he doesn't eat and if this fails, you may have to force feed those rat tails.

Good luck and keep us posted
 
Force feeding is very stressful and I think you should really try a few more of the tricks before you resort to it.

Also, leaving the snake undisturbed with the pinkie overnight is advisable. Some need absolute dark and quiet before they feel safe enough to eat. Checking once an hour might be enough to put them off.
 
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