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So I picked up some baby kings at the Daytona show two weeks ago and am having some feeding problems with two of them, a anerythristic brooks and a anerythristic splendida. I have read a ton of info on several sites as well as books and I am in the process of trying many of the suggestions offered, (to this point without success). My question is at what point does this non feeding become a critical issue? I know my adults can go a long time without a meal but am not sure about such young juveniles. Both of the vendors informed me they ate one week prior to the show which would put them at three weeks without a meal. Thanks for any info.

My opinion is sometimes it takes a few weeks for some to eat and some will eat quite a bit earlier, and then there are some that dont want to eat Rare but ? they often will take snake scented or brained or w/c lizards (not recommended) parasites and future probs.?! I Surely hope i helped there are more experienced people here that should help! LOL but they dont...normally a F/T eatter is a regular eatter....C

I'd buy a gecko or anole, and use it to scent them. I've done it for vine snakes (oxybelis) years ago. As a bonus, you get to keep the lizard as a pet too I always just used a P. pictus colony I used to maintain--grab one, put it in a tub with the mouse (dead mouse) for a few minutes then offer it.

In my experience, most getula juveniles will start feeding sooner or later if you are able to trigger them enough.

I always start my getula hatchlings this way. I take an empty toilet paper role and squeeze it flat, then fold the ends up so that there will be only a small narrow opening left, the paper role then will open up some from have been completely flattened. Put a live newborn pinkie mouse inside and leave it over night with the snake.

It might not work the first or the second time, but I have not lost one single getula hatchling thus far.