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I have been force feeding two baby eastern kings this year. I have been smashing up pinkie mice and mixing them with egg yolk. I then take a syringe with a clear I.V. tube attached and suck up the mixture which is then gently pushed down the snakes throat. They have been growing fast and seem very healthy but I am wondering if I should brumate them and then try letting them eat on their own when I warm them up.

If they have enough weight on them, then that is what I'd do. There's a decent chance that they'll come out of brumation willing to eat without assistance.

Tim

Third Eye

For a small snake (baby corn, king or copperhead), what's the minimum time frame you'd put something down. For the mere sake of just putting them down to warm them back up to stimulate feeding, would a month be sufficient?

I'm feeding 3 corns and will be feeding 4 copperheads and would really like to try this out.
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Tom

"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

I just started to warm up a baby eatern milk that I cooled off on october 3rd. I will get it up to temperature and try to feed a f/t pinkie this coming weekend. Hope it worked!!

Thanks for the information. I think that is what I am going to do. Maybe I will get one more meal in them first.

Remember that you need to let the snakes clean out their systems before you put em down. That is usually 2 weeks after their last meal so plan accordingly.