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Anyone have and tips, tricks or preferred foods for getting these little guys started? I've been trying to get the little squirts born at the wildlife refuge where I volunteer feeding and so far I've only gotten a couple of them to strike and hold pinky parts, but they let go after a while... They're around two weeks or so old, have all shed, but none have eaten. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Larry D. Fishel
Side effects may include paralysis
and death but are generally mild.

>>Anyone have and tips, tricks or preferred foods for getting these little guys started? I've been trying to get the little squirts born at the wildlife refuge where I volunteer feeding and so far I've only gotten a couple of them to strike and hold pinky parts, but they let go after a while... They're around two weeks or so old, have all shed, but none have eaten. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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>>Larry D. Fishel
>>Side effects may include paralysis
>>and death but are generally mild.

I don't know the first thing about saw scale vipers, so I will not say anything about how to get them started.

I'll just say that you are doing a good thing at the wild life refuge. I hope someone will write you soon to give you some helpful pointers to help get the little boogers started.

I have a soft spot in my heart for all neonate vipers. My neonate pigmy rattler only eats pinkies if I warm them up first. The pigmy neonate likes to sense heat with their pits before giving a feeding strike.

good luck to you!

cheers.

6.5 inch neonate Pigmy:

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Longtang. I like snakes and rats.

I recently confirmed that that trick works on snakes without heat pits... sand boas, specifically.. i think more snakes have heat senses than we think.