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Hi, i had my 1st litter this year of hypohog on the 3rd of april.My concern is few of the babies just not interested eating. What can i do to stimulate them feeding.. Did this even happen to any of your litter..Id try f/t,live pinky..Any suggestion to this guys??? thank in advance!!!
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Albert
0.1 fiance , not super tame lol
0.1 sharp line albino , poss het sharpsnow
1.0 CA stripe proven super hypo DH CA ghost
1.1 hypo nics
1.0 emerald line sunset
1.0 cancun boa, still looking for a female
0.2 betty line hog island
3.3 CA hypo/hogs het full body stripes
0.2 CA poss. super hypo
6.6.19 crested geckos
1.1 dogs
lots of feeder mice and rats !!!

We dont even attempt feeding trials until after the first two weeks from birth.
10 weeks isnt unheard of.

I've had neo BRB's go 4 months (only a rare few) before I broke down and force fed them. Not looking bad at all, just not growing either.

Also with BCI, I've noticed some easily go a couple of weeks after birth before taking first food. Those with large yolks can go a month and more before first food.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I had a litter born May 4th last year. One of the babies refused to eat until the end of September!!! I didn't think he'd make it, but he was active and doing OK, so I never forced him. Tried brained pinkies and all the other tricks in the book. Finally just ate a plain old fuzzy rat. Once he finally ate, he started up every week without fail. The size difference between him and his sibs was amazing at 5 months.
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Chris
0.1 Normal "Pastel" BCI
0.1 Normal BCI
1.0 Albino BCI
0.1 Normal Het Albino BCI
1.0 25% Suri Het Albino BCI
2.1 Striped BCI
0.1 Normal BP
1.1 APBT
1.2 Rug Rats