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OMG- THREE Babies ATE!!! OMG!!! UPDATE!!

I have faith in those little buggers! I know they have it in them! How many non feeders are left?
 
Well, I'm not counting the three that fed as feeders yet!! Especially the candy cane!

I have one avalanche stripe male tease feeder who did not eat the boiled pink by himself, (and he is sold- so he needs to start feeding himself!!) and a ghost bloodred who is also very stubborn. He is about to go to someone else to drive them crazy for a while!!
 
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thank you nanci im gonna try that . my second clutch shedd 4 days ago and one ate right away but the other 5 refused so im going to do for all my babies.
 
At least you have those three started. Maybe that avalanche will eat like my little guy(assuming they are related). He didn't even need a zombie dance. Actually, he kinda got confused.

I'm keeping my hopes up. Those little ones will all be great corns for anyone.
 
Normally, you just have to put the snake in a container with the food and he will just eat- no tricks or zombie dances or anything like that required.
 
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Tara is who I have to thank for reminding me to try this method which has worked so well for her. THANK YOU!!
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Why thank you Nanci;
What's funny is it was totally out of laziness and forgetting that I had pinkies on the burner!:rofl:

After I took them off the burner and cooled them off, it was like "Oh HAI, you're eating!"... and you're eating... and you're eating...

I'm SO glad they're eating for you Nanci!

Unfortunately, I still have 3 that won't eat (but that's pretty good odds out of about 160 babies) haha
 
The same three ate the same thing again today! Candy cane was rewarded with a nice bed of fluffy CareFresh!! (Non-feeders have to have paper towels here, in case I feel like leaving pinks in with them overnight).
 
That's awesome! I guess I needn't be so worried about how long I let my pinkies stay in hot tap water like I have been. ha ha ha! I've been such a worry wart that if I let them stay more than a few seconds that I'll make my baby sick. It's worrisome being a first time mom, ya know? But my little girl is a fabulous eater, I'm just trying to get them not cold. I don't know what I'd do if I had a picky one, as my kids love watching her eat and are usually jumping up and down and hollaring as she's striking and eating! Thank goodness she just ignores them and goes about her business!

Becca
 
MORE SUCCESS!!! IVORY WASHED!!

So there are two holdouts. I've tried a lot on these guys. Including Dawn dishsoap-washed. Carol says, "Try Ivory. I have better luck." So I bought Ivory dish soap. I thawed the pinks in hot water, with a touch of boiled water from the kids that are eating boiled (uncovered, this time!!!) and a BIG squirt of Ivory, in a small measuring cup. Then, I rinsed them in very hot tap water, but not thoroughly. They HAD to have tasted of soap, still. I didn't touch the pinks, just rolled them into the delis.

Here is Muntok, who is sold to Beth, who knew I could get him to feed himself! He's always been a super-simple tease feeder. Imagine my surprise when I went to uncover him and his friend, again, for the millionth time, and the PINK WAS GONE!!!
 

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And if that wasn't enough, the Ghost Bloodred ate too! This snake is the toughest non-feeder I have ever worked with. When they say don't give up, they mean DON'T GIVE UP!!

This girl is very strike-y, but I could hardly ever get her to tease-feed. She would strike and spit, over and over and over. She took a few rat tail sections by teasing. I stuffed lots of mouse tails, and a few pinks, down her!

I almost had heart failure when I saw that she had eaten her first ANYTHING, unassisted, tonight!! Again, Ivory-washed.

This little lady is going out to Christen with her gorgeous hypo fire stripe sister. IF she still wants her, now that she's a FEEDER!!!
 

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Nanci said:
So there are two holdouts. I've tried a lot on these guys. Including Dawn dishsoap-washed. Carol says, "Try Ivory. I have better luck." So I bought Ivory dish soap. I thawed the pinks in hot water, with a touch of boiled water from the kids that are eating boiled (uncovered, this time!!!) and a BIG squirt of Ivory, in a small measuring cup. Then, I rinsed them in very hot tap water, but not thoroughly. They HAD to have tasted of soap, still. I didn't touch the pinks, just rolled them into the delis.

Here is Muntok, who is sold to Beth, who knew I could get him to feed himself! He's always been a super-simple tease feeder. Imagine my surprise when I went to uncover him and his friend, again, for the millionth time, and the PINK WAS GONE!!!
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Oh what a perfect little boy with a belly bump!! He is just stunning.... :)
Maybe his full name needs to be Muntok Ivory.... :)
 
Pretty awesome! My list of tricks that have worked so far this season are:

Live pink-1
Chicken fat-scented- 1
Boiled- 3
Ivory washed- 2
 
Nanci said:
Pretty awesome! My list of tricks that have worked so far this season are:

Live pink-1
Chicken fat-scented- 1
Boiled- 3
Ivory washed- 2
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Good grief... the BRAND of soap mattered? These DIVAS tick me off! I've got one that still hasn't eaten... I might just cut to the chase and correct my brand of dish soap first!
 
UPDATE!! The three who ate boiled are now eating HOT, uncovered. The two that ate Ivory-drenched repeated. :) I'm so happy!!!
 
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Good grief... the BRAND of soap mattered? These DIVAS tick me off! I've got one that still hasn't eaten... I might just cut to the chase and correct my brand of dish soap first!
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LOL Hard as it is to believe, Yes! yes it matters! LOL

Joy, dawn, Ivory, liquid handsoap, they all work but not for all. As if non-feeding isnt frustrateing enough, right?
 
Makes you wonder if brand of tuna matters. Brand of chicken soup. Crazy!!

Well- that leaves me with only one more to crack- knock on wood!!
 
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