hi all, im new to this forum. i have a question i would like to ask. my first lot of eggs hatched on 29th may, 7 young beautiful snow corns. they all shed 7-10 days later and 4 of them ate thier 1st pinkie 4 days later. another one took a pinkie 4 days after this and 2 still havent eaten at all. is this common or should i be worried now as it has been 2 weeks since they hatched and the last 2 still havent eaten. thanks for looking.
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when should hatchlings eat
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MegF.
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There are times when they won't eat and you have to try other things. Are you feeding f/t or live? You may have to go with live for a few feedings, distastful as it is. I had 3 that would only take live. They would have starved themselves if I didn't. The minute I put live in, they would take it immediately. F/T they would refuse every time for weeks. You can try scenting with a lizard. I have anoles in the yard that I can catch and use for this. I've kept one in the freezer since the last clutch. You might try thoroughly washing the pinkies in mild soap and then drying well. How are you feeding them? In their houses or are you taking them out? If you are putting them in another container...don't. Feed in the container they are in. They'll feel more secure at their small size if they aren't moved. I keep all babies on paper towel to make this easier. You are actually doing pretty well with only 2. I had two problems last year and one that never did eat no matter what I did. I will not force feed. The one finally had to be euthanized, the other two went on to eat f/t pinkies after a lot of work.
i am using frozen pinkies..i had this problem before with a young snake i bought from someone last year. i put it into a cup of warm water and it ate the pinkie then. these two dont seem interested at all. i have a few leopard geckos so i read somewhere that you can put a bit of shedded skin on pinkie and this will encourage them to eat. ill try that next. i was also taking them out of thier container and putting them into a smaller one so ill give this a miss in future. i also keep them on a paper towel in thier containers. thanks for reply mate, ill let you know later today how i get on. i didnt really want to try live pinkies but ill maybe have to try that in a day or two if everything else fails. thanks again
MegF.
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How do you normally heat up your pinkies? I always use very hot water as the heat helps get a better response. The babies may need more of a heat signature (although they don't hunt thermally like nocturnal snakes) but live prey will have a body temp of 100-101 degrees. Room temperature isn't even close to that. Heat the pinky well and I think you'll see a better response in all of them. The gecko skin should work well. Give it a try and see how it goes. Make sure if you take the substrate out that they have something to hide under. I keep mine in a rack so they are almost like in a cave anyway, but I also cut a bit of toilet paper roll and put it in there for them to hide in. Some do, some don't. I don't know how you're keeping yours or what you're keeping them in. My hatchlings are all housed in small gladware containers. They seem to feel more secure in the small area and when I sell them, I just send them off in the container they were housed in. They double as their feeding container too when they get to their new home.
antsterr
Always mostly awesome
oh have I tried and tried methods last fall getting my 06 butter to eat. Live, washed with soap, brains cut open (this almost worked). brains rubbed all over them, backs cut open, live with others brains on them, thawed with out water (worked for my stubborn rainbow boa), scented with gerbil shavings, scent with anole saliva. What worked in the end was putting a small piece of anole shed on the face of a hot water thawed ivory soap washed pinky. After a few of these I transitioned him on to regular f/t pinkies with no problem.
All of these are methods suggested by people here that have worked. The biggest trick is just leaving them overnight in a dark container locked up with the pinky.
Two methods I think are counter-productive are scenting with chicken and tuna. people have suggested this but no one I know has ever reported success. I've seen good eaters reject tuna and chicken scented mice.
Hope some of these ideas help.
All of these are methods suggested by people here that have worked. The biggest trick is just leaving them overnight in a dark container locked up with the pinky.
Two methods I think are counter-productive are scenting with chicken and tuna. people have suggested this but no one I know has ever reported success. I've seen good eaters reject tuna and chicken scented mice.
Hope some of these ideas help.
dionythicus
Kiss My Hearse
I have had success with tuna scenting. It worked last year for a few stubborn babies. Dip the thawed pink's head in the water from a can of tuna (not oil). Nothing is 100%. Some babies aren't meant to survive. They can go 4-6 weeks or longer without eating, but I'm of the mind that I don't want them to suffer or continue to reproduce poor feeders and I will usually euthanise them after that. 2 weeks isn't that worrying. Just try all the tricks mentioned and good luck.
MegF.
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They can go months without food. I had one that never did eat and I finally euthanized it. It became thin looking after almost 3 months. Up to then, it was small, but still active. If all else fails you can try a small strip of raw chicken. There have been a few people on other forums who've had great success with it and they usually tried to follow up with a tiny pinky.
