It is cypress mulch, not cedar. My fault. It did not eat a thawed pinky, my petstore did not get any live in. They should be in Tuesday. If not I will get a small lizard. What temp should this species be kept at to eat? I am beginning to picture this scenario. The snake was cb, but would not feed, so it was sold for cheap to a dealer who sold it for cheap to the petstore. I did buy a non feeding Brooksi king from Kathy Love last year that chose to wait until this Spring to accept it's first meal. Should I be thinking about forcefeeding down the road, as a last resort? Or, am I getting to nervous and just need to drop a live pinky/fuzzy or lizard? I have experience with a lot of different species, and have learned some hard lessons, so I will be patient until I have run out of options. Hopefully I can report back that it ate a live fuzzy, but just in case, does anyone have any insight into this species that may help me?
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From my experiences with breeding and raising Redtails, i found
that all of my hatchlings would refuse pinks/fuzzys for the
first few months or so.
You could try tease feeding them, once they bite they tend to hang on and swallow, if that failed i would resort to
force feeding, as far as i can remember{i lost all of my records in a house move} they started feeding on their own after around 4-6 months.
It is very important to spray them regularly.
But having said that i would let him settle in for a while, as you have only had him a few days, he is probably quite stressed
from the moves and his bad shed.
Good luck, they are a cool species.
Sorry if i have been a bit vague, i kept them around 18 years ago.
Temps should be 88 during the day (the warm end) and 75 at night. They require high humidity, so spray often and make sure your enclosure can maintain the humidity. Look to make sure he hasn't developed a resperatory infection (open mouth breathing, and wheezing). Make sure not to disturb him too much. this species stresses out fairly easy. Try feeding him a live fuzzy when you get one. Try tease feeding him. If he doesn't eat, then leave it in his enclosure overnight.
I have other advice for you if you need it. Email me if you need more help.
Good luck!
Dimitri
