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Hi

I recently bought 5 juvenile woodini's from a Dutch breeder.

The breeder had gotten the animals to eat pinkies washed with handsoap and then dried, but i have not gotten them to eat either live or dead pinkies, pinkies washed as mentioned or brained pinkies and have come to think that some of you might have any ideas on how to get them started.

I have forcefeed them mousetailes a few times to help them from starvation, but would like them to eat by themselves.

I heard from another succesfull danish snakebreeder that he had experience keeping pyromelanas in dry cages with a humid hide and a heating spot.. what is your experience with this?
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Regards

Jan Grathwohl

Hi,
If I was you. I would offer them baby lizards, they will probally readilt accpet those, then after they take a couple of them, try to get them swithced to scented ones next, after a bit of thosem they should take normal pinks after some time. If they wont eat at all, hibernate them for about 2-3 months. That should trigger a feeding respeonse in them. Good luck with them,
jeff Teel

Try rinsing a newborn frozen thawed pinky with water. Dry. Scent with a small live lizard. I use Sceloperous or Uta, Medditeranean or House Geckos might also work. Hold the lizard next to the pinky up for the snake to strike at the lizard. This is why you use a small lizard, the snake has to want to eat the lizard. When it looks ready to strike wiggle the pinky and try to get it to strike the pinky instead. When it grabs the pinky be still and let it eat otherwise it may drop the pinky. Frozen thawed seems to work better than live pinkies because sometimes their movement makes the snake drop it.
I got 5 Graybands to feed the other day this way that had refused scented pinkies simply left in the cage. It takes alot of patience though.