Tony
I still try anything and everything to get the babies to eat. I think that live newborn pinks have always been the best way to get them started. Since I don't raise mice anymore I am forced to use frozen. Only a small percentage will start on these easily. It's a matter of letting them get hungry but not loosing weight. Then I go to scented{skink is always the best} then on to either pinky pump ,which I have gotten pretty good at or I use a mixture of egg,baby beef food and a whey protein with no added sugars or flavor. If they get fat enough and still wont eat I hibernate them and usually they do well in the spring. I have used tails with mixed results. Sometimes no matter what you do they still die. A note with pinking pumping. You can kill them easily if you try to give them too much at one time. Better to do it more often.
I am raising a couple babies of easterns from my anerythristic island milk.They refused pinks for a couple months.I scented the pinks with a frozen piece of worm snake and they attacked it instantly.

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