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My boa layed some albino babies about 2 months ago. I have 3 albinos that still have not eaten. Tried frozen and live pinkys but nothing. Do I have to force feed them. I started feading them all fuzzys. Nothing. Please help!

If you haven't tried both rat pinks/fuzz and mouse, try the other...

Try and wait at least a full week before offering them food again. Then, at night time, put a small live fuzzy in a paper bag with them, and put the bag in the closet (or some other place they won't be disturbed). Make sure the bag is escape proof, or use a tupperware container that has holes punched in it for air. Leave them over night with the food in there. You will most likely come in to find the mouse gone the next morning. If this doesn't work, wait a week and try again. You may also want to put a small toilet paper tube in the container with them to give them a place to hide and feel secure. Snakes normally eat at night, and they do best when they are left alone. I had a baby go five weeks this year before taking her first meal and she is doing fine. Best of luck, and I hope this helps,

Anthony-

Thank u. Gonna try that! put a rat pinky in there last night. seing how they wont eat a pinky. Live, by the way for both. And still nothing. back to the drawing board.

Try using NutriBAC, (NutriBAC df).

I started using that stuff about 8 years ago & it has always worked for me.

I put the babies in a tub to soak for a few hours and dump some in the tub, then I put it in their water bowls.

This year I had a few babies that didn't eat on the first try, they all ate after I used this stuff. You can order it online at most of the larger stores that sell reptile supplies.

Another thing I have noticed is that some babies who would not
eat when I had paper towels in their little tubs ate right away
when In switched to aspen. Maybe they felt more comfortable.
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Gonna try the aspen bedding. Dont know if they will live if I order it. They havnt eaten for 2 months already. What do u think?

First off, check your temps. I think sometimes Albinos have a harder time absorbing heat and need to be kept a few degrees warmer.

Were they born with larger bellies? Those with larger yolk bellies can live off that for quite some time.

I had a stupid baby Brazilian Rainbow Boa a few years back that refused to eat. After FOUR months, I force fed it and eventually it figured out how to eat on it's own. Point being they can go a loooong time without food. That baby was not looking bad, just never grew.

I find the best response for my baby boas is a live mouse, I prefer a bit smaller than hopper to avoid teeth. That way you can leave in the cage for a while and not worry about the prey becoming the predator.

Clean the tub one day and cover the front with a piece of newspaper, not to totally block light but to block it from seeing motion outside the tub. The following evening, remove the water bowl and put in the mouse crawler, big fat one if you can get it and leave them alone for a few hours.

Another thing you could try is give the baby a hide, toss in a toilet paper roll or something else they can "hide" in.
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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 (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats