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Wont eat

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snakes4ever

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They are still not eating and my fav baby would have had to be the ones that wont eat. After all but 3 snakes sheded and I saw some sort of poop in the containers I got 10 pinky's. All but 3 ate them. SO I switched the pinky's out and gave them to another snake. Since then I weighted 3 days and then got the fun job of opening there containers and smelling something almost as strong as the smell of ammonia. :puke01: WOW! Last night I got 18 baby pinky's and some looked a little larger then I wanted as pinkeys but put one in each container. Today I have 8 pinky's still weighting to be eaten and the snakes are just not catching on. One of the 8 I am using as my test dummy.

And in the next 60 minutes I plan on taking him out of the small critter carrier that I switched him and the pinkie into. And plan on poking a hole into the pinky's head and placing them into a paper bag. For no less then 8 hours. If I can get this guy to eat then my favorite baby will have a chance.

By the way...
Is there a reason why most of the baby's brown patches look like they are broken up or smeared?
And when I say smeared, I don't mean striped I mean the smear is almost like the spackle on some homes ceilings. It is great all the way down there body's until you get half way and the 2 patches are like junkey smeared patches. Should I just give them away for $10 or is this something that can bring better offspring? when they get older?​
 
Hmmm, I just had one of my little guys wait 6 weeks for his first meal so don't panic! Don't buy more pinks than you need. Just get 5 pinks if you have 10 snakes to feed in the beginning and you'll waste less.

As for the patterning, it sounds like aztec patterning and some people pay more for that but I can't tell you for sure unless I see some pics. Good luck.
 
If I have 10 new hatchlings to feed, I don't defrost 10 pinkies because more often than not ½ will refuse, so I give them 5 and the ones that eat do and the ones that don't can be offered later or the next day. On a couple of occasions I've defrosted something like 8-9 pinks for 13 snakes and only 6 have eaten. It's heatbreaking to have to throw out pinkies, 1. cos I paid for them and 2. if an animal is going to die so that my snake can eat, I don't want to throw it in the bin.

It makes economical sense too.
 
Wow

princess said:
Hmmm, I just had one of my little guys wait 6 weeks for his first meal so don't panic! Don't buy more pinks than you need. Just get 5 pinks if you have 10 snakes to feed in the beginning and you'll waste less.

As for the patterning, it sounds like aztec patterning and some people pay more for that but I can't tell you for sure unless I see some pics. Good luck.
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6 weeks... DANG. Well I have a record of every snake and who and when they have sheded, ate, and defecated. So I will take your advice in giving them more time. And just feed the ones that I know are eating. I am going to wate another 10 days before giving them stubborn eaters another chance. Thanks. :)
 
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