Agreed, even generations removed from the wild will not dilute evolutionary instincts honed over the eons. I'm having the same problems with hatchling Mangrove Snakes I recently produced. I have finally come to the conclusion that they aren't interested in eating for at least 6 weeks out of the egg! I made the mistake of treating them like NA colubrids and was stressing them (and myself) with all the usual tricks and contortions trying to get them to feed....lizards/frog/minnow scenting, split braining pinks, live/thawed, unscented...a familiar picture for most of us. Turns out they ate when they were ready to eat...live regular old pinkies.

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