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TINY Hatchling :(

We were told he was 1-2 months old. We were also told he was feeding regularly, but the reviews we've seen on this company have all been terrible and given his size and complete lack of interest in food, I doubt he's been eating at all.

Will be giving him a tail tonight to get something into him.
 
Wow... That's a shame. I'd suggest you start off assist feeding if he won't eat himself.
 
Must admit at that size, I'd wonder if it had eaten at all yet.

Having said that, I did once hatch a tiny tiddler myself - one of a set of twins (the other didn't make it out of the egg but was much larger). 'Titch' ate like a champ - after three feeds on pinkie heads I converted him to the smallest whole pinkies I could find and he was away. I kept him longer than I'd normally hang on to a feeder, but on a 4 day feeding schedule his size had caught up with his clutchmates within two months.

So - don't feel too overwhelmed. It could very well have a happy ending!
 
I am by no means very experienced with corns, but last month I bought a sad looking little corn from a pet store... a tiny little snow, she weighed 6 grams and about 8-9 inches long. I noticed the next day, I think it was, how her skin was just sagging off her. Of course I came here and inquired about it. I wasn't sure if she was a non feeder, being underfed or what the story was with her. What I did for her was on the 2nd day she was here, defrosted the tiniest pinkie we had. Once defrosted, I ran it under hot, hot water... then rolled it in nutribac and slit it's head with a knife. I put her and the pinkie in a tiny container and covered them with a towel. While she was in there with it, I loaded her viv with stuff to help her feel more secure. I really, really think slitting it's head {I was very grossed out doing it, blech} was what enticed her to go for it. I did this for the first handful of feedings for her.
 
Nanci said:
He might be able to go several weeks, depending on how long it's been since he's hatched. It is REALLY simple to feed him a section of mouse tail, though. I'd give him about a 1-2" section. You just get it started and most babies will go ahead and swallow. If not, you can gently coax it down. You can maintain a baby on tails every 3-4 days for quite a long time, and hope the feeding instinct kicks in. I generally leave a pink head with the baby overnight, and if he doesn't eat that, then force feed a tail the next night, and wait three or four days.
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Exactly my plan for tiny non eaters. I have brought up a tiny kinked '11 baby which now weighs a whopping 18 grams :D Did not weigh it after birth but it was unimaginably tiny AND it had not absorbed its egg yolk, the sca was still hanging out. So, if yours is all 'zipped up' at the belly and absorbed the egg yolk to begin with, and has no visible problems it most probably is stronger than you may expect seeing it.
 
Assist fed a TINY pink today. He took it down without too much of a fight... Here's hoping that's the kick in the pants he needs to get feeding regularly *fingers crossed*
 
Yay! Congrats! Can't wait to see if he'll eat good now! Most corns take about 3 times before eating on their own, but you never know! Updates, please :D
 
Been about 24 hours since he was fed, has kept his meal down so far :D It didn't actually look too bad on him once he got it down.
 
Lyion said:
Yay! Congrats! Can't wait to see if he'll eat good now! Most corns take about 3 times before eating on their own, but you never know! Updates, please :D
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No, most eat the first time if you try after their first shed. Second happens in my experrience for about 20%, maybe 5% take longer.
 
(I read that as most "non-" feeders will feed on their own after three assists. I don't know what was really meant)?
 
Maybe that close to all corns will feed on their own after a max amount of three tries. That does make sense to me.
 
Yes, I meant that it takes about three tries. I helped out with a lady, and the ball pythons would never spit out the mouse over three times before just swallowing it.
 
Ehm, you mean three times the same mouse? Mine usually eat or don't. With the three times we mean three separate times.
 
Well, he pooped today :D
Thankful for no regurge, hoping he'll take willingly in a few days!!
Gonna grab a weight on him tomorrow.
 
Fuzzoodle said:
Well, he pooped today :D
Thankful for no regurge, hoping he'll take willingly in a few days!!
Gonna grab a weight on him tomorrow.
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I bet you never knew you could be excited by poop! Haha, anyway, that's great news! Hopefully he'll thrive for you. :)
 
Weighed him today, he's up to 5 grams after pooping twice :D
Next feeding day is on Sunday, so we'll see how he does!
 
Soo, attempted feeding on June 10, he refused, so we forced him. Had it all the way down and he spit it out. Left him alone, tried again lastnight, same deal. Offered it to him, he wanted nothing to do with it, had it down his throat and he spit it out. Managed to get a tail into him though, better than nothing...
 
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