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Hey,

I just acquired a CBB Sidewinder today... what are some other food items it may take... its denied day old pinks as well as day olds in c. broth...

thanks in advance...

Give it a couple of days to settle in. Then try the pinks again....if its already eaten them, it probably just needs to adjust to its surroundings.

If pinks don't work, they'll take small lizards. Try an anole.

>>Hey,
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>>I just acquired a CBB Sidewinder today... what are some other food items it may take... its denied day old pinks as well as day olds in c. broth...
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>>thanks in advance...

Pinkies are often cold even when they are live. You may have already thought of this, but it wasn't clear in your original post.

When I first got my neonate pigmy, it would not eat pinkies. However, I got smart. I warmed up the pinky with even just my body heat. When I placed the pinky back in the enclosure, I got an immediate strike and subsequent feed.

I now warm up pinkies before I feed and my neonate pigmy eats like a champ. He/she has eaten mouse pinkies and gerbil pinkies. The key for him was that the food had to be warm to elicit the heat sensors' response.

So, if you haven't tried warming the food, you may consider it.

sincelrye.

here is my neonate baby:

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Longtang. I like snakes and rats.

I have a healthy 2 yr old Mojave sidewinder I raised from n/b. I was lucky..it ate a pink on the way home. I keep it on sand-just a piece of driftwood to hide under. No water bowl in airconditioning set at the high 70's. The only time it has ever refused food was when I brought it out of the AC in summertime. I am in South Fla which means upper 80's to 90's. Lizards are a good alternative food, but check your conditions first. That might be the key.
Frank