In order to get food in them, I almost always have to feed my hatchling alterna lizards. The ones that are growing well and are still refusing scented pinks, I can sometimes follow up a lizard with a pink while the snake is still chewing and getting down the lizard. An easier method, and one I've heard used, is to attach a pink to the end of the lizard and thus, get more of a meal in your baby snake as well as take the pressure off of having to use so many lizards. I think I've heard of people using needle and thread to sew them end to end. Are any of you guys familiar with such techniques? I would like to try it, but I'm concerned about the thread passing through the snake. My assumption is that it would either be digested or simply pass through and out the snake. I'd hate to cause any problems using the process once a week.
Here's a picture of a 2005 female RR that I got from Ric Blair. I think she is actually a shade lighter than this, but is still somewhat of a dark animal compared to the rest of my stock.
