Congrats on all of the babies, Mike!

Nice Mandarin too - I'd love to keep some, but I know that they need more of a brumation than I can provide. Although - I may brumate some snakes in my buddy, John's mountain king brumation room this year.

I have a yearling female rhino rat (from my friend Rob), which has been a PITA similar to your Mandarin - while her male sibling has never refused a meal. The female would take pinks via tease feeding at first, then took a few on her own - then she stopped eating! I had to force feed her for a long time to keep her alive. Recently, I have gotten her to feed via teasing again (see my above post to Cochran), and she is now taking fuzzies and growing. Sort of a pain, but I kind of like the fact that they are not "easy" snakes - at least starting out. Once they are eating though, they are bullet proof...
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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