I waited about a week after mine shed. I moved him to a smaller tupperware container(about a 5" diameter round container) offered a live rat pink to the hatchling, and then covered the container with a towel and left him alone. He took it after about 15 minutes. Being in a smaller container the hatchlings get tired of having the pinky crawling on them and usually eat.



Now..moving them over to F/T was a little trickier. Someone had posted earlier how they switched their's by offering a pinky while the hatchling was in a hide box. I tried this with mine and it worked great! He was in his hide box and I put the pinky at the entrance with just the head poking in. I then covered the entire container with a towel and when I came back later he was just finishing swallowing it.



Made it easy on me..no having to wiggle the thing around with tongs and worrying about it going cold!







>>I hatched my first clutch of 3 on 8/31. I waited until they shed and have offered food several times since but none have eaten. Tried live fat mouse fuzzies, rat pinks and gerbil pups so far. Am I being too anxious?

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>>They are housed individually in heated shoebox cages with hide box and water bowl on paper towels.

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• When to offer first meal after hatching? - dumergirl, Mon Sep 18 20:28:20 2006
• RE: When to offer first meal after hatch - rwoodyer, Mon Sep 18 20:58:30 2006
• Live hopper mice.....................n/p - coldbloodaddict, Mon Sep 18 22:54:17 2006
• RE: When to offer first meal after hatching? - Aviansinoil, Wed Sep 20 16:57:45 2006
• Thanks for the advice n/p - dumergirl, Wed Sep 20 19:06:03 2006