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Hey guys this year was my first for hatching babies, they have all shed, i have put pinky rats in there over night with them but they haven't touched them, do i just keep trying or is there a trick to try?? it's has been close to a week since they have shed??
thanks for any help!
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try weanling mice!!!!
adam jeffery
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" a.k.a. farfrumugen "
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

Pinks aren't much of a meal -- you can try hopper or small adult mice or rat pups.

Good luck!
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Tosha
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Herp Medicine does not equal a bottle of Baytril - Dr. Scott Stahl

Skip the pinks and go right to fuzzys or pups
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FireBall Reptiles

First things first. If they have only shed a week ago I wouldnt be too worried about them not eating yet. I have 18 babies that were born a month ago and 15 of them still have not eaten. Here is how I got 3 out of the 18 to eat the other day. I took all 18 and stapled them inside a brown lunch bag with a pinkie rat and left them overnight. 3 of them had eaten by the next day so in a few days I will do the same thing over again with the others that have not yet eaten. I would say the sooner a snake starts eating for you the better but I wouldnt really worry about them until after they pass a month without eating. Just my 2 cents but it works so far. Jay
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JEM from sunny AZ.

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Hatchlings are triggered by a food item that is fuzzy, warm and moving. Good sized fuzzy mice fed live always seem to work for me. After you get a really strong, regular response to the fuzzys, try switching to fuzzy rats. They should take them readily.

thanks guys! i appreciate the help and will take my finger off the panic button. i will try mice instead of rats to start them eating
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17 BP
2 GTP
3 Chameleons
6 Beardies
1 Crested
2 Huskies
1 blue and gold macaw
1 african grey
1 patternless albino Burmese
2 Reticulated pythons (*purple and lav. albino tiger)
1 savannah monitor ("Spike"
6 treefrogs
2 Brazilian Rainbow boas