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Well my sole survivor hasn't eaten yet.Not too worried yet, but have tried mice and rats.He came out of the egg on the 7th so it hasn't been to long.Just curious how long others have taken to eat their first meal.Thanks, Ethan

don't freak out, i may take as long as a month!

offer him something that is kinda big and crawls, like a weaned mouse, or a big rat pup...
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Ethan,

Well you got step 1, 2, 3, and 4 down just gotta make it through step 5 huh. I personally just waited until mine looked like they had digested all of their yolk (about 2 weeks) and they took. If the snake is still fat looking ie. has alot of yolk in the belly it probably wont eat. Wait til it gets through that and then like Jason said something small that moves slowly or hops around. Rat pups tend to work pretty well if you can find them. Good luck man, if I can help at all let me know.

Jordan
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior

Hey thanks Big and Jordan.He still looks fat so I wasn't to worried.I'll try another rat pinkie/fuzzy in another week or so.I still have one crawling around right now, perfect size.Hopefully they'll still have them rat pups.I'll be posting a pic soon as he's eaten a few.Later, Ethan

i had several hatchlings go 3 - 4 weeks, now they are champion eaters!

by the way, my albino blood i hatched out just shed...118 days after it hatched! so don't let that freak you out either
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