Congratulations mgl, they're beautiful! Question for you about getting coxi hatchlings feeding... I posted in the general rat snake forum, but seeing as you keep coxi, maybe you could provide more specific help?



I have a female coxi that hatched back in March and ate 2 meals of live pinks (last meal on May 4th). She went into shed and hasn't seemed interested in food since. She shed twice in rapid succession (in less than 3 weeks) in May. I've been offering her newborn live pinks weekly, but she's not showing any interest in them. I've also offered f/t and brained pinks. All are left over night in the cage with no distubances. I've gotten a few suggestions from my original post, but in your experience, how do you handle reluctant coxi feeders?



My yearling coxi male has never missed a meal other than when in heavy shed and is a little pig, so I thought I'd be able to handle a new hatchling. Both are kept with out additional heat at this point with an ambient temp of 74-76 degrees (as cool as it gets in my snake room and the same temps I'm keeping my mandarins at).



Suggestions please? Also, any chance that you'll be selling any females out of your clutches this year?

Thanks,






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Lora

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