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These guys don't exactly take to rep-to-min.

What should I be feeding them to help them get converted over to Reptomin?

Thanks.

I have a hatchling myself. I feed him Mazuri Pellets, freeze dried krill, tiny earthworms, and lean raw beef. He LOVES the beef. Oh yeah, I laso feed him small live crickets.
Have you tried soaking the pellets before you give them to him? I do that for all my hatchlings.

JOSTA is absolutely right. Keep Presenting them with Reptomin (while feeding other foods if they continue to refuse) but wet it just a bit to soften it before you present it to them. The texture of the first bite is very important with juveniles of any species. If it is hard, they will often refuse it. Once they are acclimated to Reptomin, however, they will take it dry.

I think in time they will take to pellets, but until then, try pieces of earthworms, small insects, bloodworms (live or frozen), and cooked pieces of fish or shrimp - I pop a single shring in a small cup with a little water and microwave for 10-15 seconds. I don't believe in offering raw foods, for the same health reasons that humans shouldn't consume raw meats.

Try offering a few pellets at the same time you offer other foods, and they might take the pellets in a feeding frenzy. Some hatchlings just take a while to warm up to pellets.

Katrina