Sasheena, as you note it's the biggest fattest baby that's not feeding, it may simply have had such an internal food store that it's not getting any signals yet telling it to eat.



But here's another feeding tip to try: WASH your food item with a NON-SCENTED soap (that's important; i use an ivory dishsoap i ran across) and rinse thoroughly and dry, and then offer it. I've had snakes that rejected all the other usual feeding alternatives eat almost immediately when offered a washed pinky, live or dead. Of course i'd recommend doing this after withholding any offerings for 24 hrs. I volunteered this method to a fella the other night and he wrote me back to tell me his recalcitrant feeder had eaten the washed pinky in less than an hour after it was presented. Like you, he'd been trying all the other (live, dead, brained, scented, deli-cupped) alternatives. It's worth a try at least.



peace & good luck,

terry dunham

albino tricolors

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