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what tricks to get babt hondurans to feed on live pinky mice

Sometimes you just wait for the second shed. I've had some come around this way. Have you tried placing pink inside a covered paper coffee cup?

Mike

no but i will try that thank you

we need more info please. How old is the snake? had it fed before on f/t or is live the only thing you have tried? if it had ate f/t then just thump the pink in the head and put them both in a deli cup. Chances are the snake isn't hungry yet. Everybody thinks that they need to eat right off the bat. The truth is a new hatchling honduran (if healthy) would go many many months before it died of starvation.
They are born with so much egg yolk in them that they really don't need to eat for a month or so. They are a different animal when they are actually hungry.
I did a experiment a few years ago and with a clutch of pueblans (cause I was having trouble getting them to eat) I just waited for three to four weeks after they hatched. Every single one attaked there prey item cause they were actually hungry and in hunt mode.
When you offer a baby live prey and its not hungry they can be scared but it and actually will be timid feeders forever.
Not saying this is with every single baby out there cause I have seen it all from eating right out of the egg to waiting six months then taking off etc...

Anyway, good luck and try some different things but don't be so in a hurry.

L8r Shannon

thank you for info. i figured i would just wait they just hatched about 2 weeks ago. not woried yet they look pretty fat and healthy thank you

I don't know about you or anybody else! but I always start my baby Hondos on F/T pinkie mice. I have my first clutch that half of them after putting in a deli cup with a F/T pinkie, ate right away after their first shed. The other ones I did assist feed, Now the 2nd clutch of 8 babies 7 ate the first time on their own in a deli cup, and the other one I did assist feed.
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