Set the cage up hot like a Desert Lizard cage, 75 Watt reflective bulb 10-12 Inches from bedding (3 inch deep) this deep bedding will help reduce "Babysnake stress syndrome", babies want to be hot ..90*-115* degrees F, put a small heat strip under the end the cage that the light shines onto, but leave the other end cool. Do these things and I'll bet your racer eats anything that moves in its cage, but first consider this, I raise Eastern Coachwhips and have had many clutches and of every clutch I always have to gently force a small lizard's head into their mouths for several months after hatching before they eat willingly, with the exception of a few pr clutch that are just plain aggressive by nature, but remember this... the whole family of "Longtailed Snakes" (Indigos, Racers and Coachwhips) are extreamly timid as juviniles, more so than any other snake that I have ever worked with in over 25 years, this is the reason babies are rarly found alive in the wild,and the reason for the deep bedding. I've seen over Fifty Indigos in the wild in 25 years but have never seen one under 30"...but anyway Baby Racers will eat Crickets and smaller Snakes, even Worms, but get him hot. hope all this helps JB

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