okay, I'm half serious but seriously, its a thought and there are many elapid specialist who would dearly love to get healthy feeder snakes (including me). But, I have found that with these problematic feeders, is that they just need a lot more time and attention that the hearty feeders. I have had good luck getting these stubborn hatchlings to take a 1-day old to 1 week old f/t and re-warmed quail; something about birds that gets even the most stubborn of feeders started. If all efforts fail, you may have to resort to assist feeding but that should be a last ditch effort. Good luck. Rob



>>Out of 30 babies that hatched three weeks ago, I've got a couple that still haven't eaten. I've tried live hopper mice and live fuzzy rats. I even brained the rat fuzzy. That usually works with fussy corns. Then I tried scenting the brained fuzzy with raw chicken. Any other suggestions?

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>>1.1.30 albino burms (male also labyrinth)

>>1.1 normal burms

>>1.2 ball pythons

>>1.1 spotted pythons

>>1.2 albino corn snakes (1 female snow)

>>0.1 house snake

>>1.2 kenyen sand boas

>>1.0 guyana red tail boa

>>1.0 amazon tree boa

>>1.1 everglades rat snakes

>>1.2 iguanas

>>1.1 leopard geckos

>>1.3 bearded dragons

>>0.0.1 ornate box turtle

>>1.2 dogs

>>0.1 children

>>0.1 wife
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Rob Carmichael, Curator

The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm

Lake Forest, IL

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