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Anyone else having this problem? I hatched out 7 babies just over a month ago and none have eaten. I have tried pinky rats and hopper mice as well as the paper bag method. No luck so far. Help needed from the experienced!!!

years of trying.......some of this stuff works....but some snakes still suck

your eggs were too wet?....babies tend to not eat as well...I did them alot dryer this year and have better eaters...even though they usually all ate before.....

last time I post that..so pay attention......

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large fuzz mice..preferably brown or black or black/brown and white...for some reason..baby balls eat dark better for me..others say white....I say white on adults...dark for babies..

they need to be big enough to move around but not too big so that they scare the crap out of the snake...large fuzz work...

if not.try rat..runts with hair...hair works better than pink with no hair.....

I use chinese hamster fuzzies with alot of luck.also ..deer mice and or russian hamsters...they are all easier to breed than gerbils......(I have all)......

.......moist hide...small enough hde?..they need to feel safe....and they could use a hide that they can get upon....on top of...so they can attack from above like a tree python..it works too.........

temps?......Bachman says his babies all lay in front of heat tape.and adults all lay ON heat tape...babies maybe do not like it at *88 degrees?...try 84...mine are at 80 to 86 depending on room..I use no tapes at all.......

try this stuff...

good luck......

also..oh yea...take them for a car ride for an hour..LOL....
or.........let them alone for a week and DO NOT touch the cage at all....they will settle in ....if you bug them too much.they hate it......

have fun./............JYohe
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Jeff, check out the Indigo forum on incubating drier, very cool.
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CB

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