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Hi,

I posted a while back about our clutch of 15 baby Miami-phase corns not eating. The suggestion was to place each in a paper lunch bag with a newborn pinkey. This worked for 4 of them. The other 11 still have not eaten. It's been over 4 weeks now since they've hatched. What else can I do?

Thanks,

Jason

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>>I posted a while back about our clutch of 15 baby Miami-phase corns not eating. The suggestion was to place each in a paper lunch bag with a newborn pinkey. This worked for 4 of them. The other 11 still have not eaten. It's been over 4 weeks now since they've hatched. What else can I do?

Jason,

My Pewter female took 12 weeks before she started to eat so you are still ok. Some tricks I have used this year that worked with none feeders:

- Boil a pinky untill it is white.
- Brain a pinky
- Pre kill a pinky
- Scent with anole
- Pinky parts (a cut off head for example)

But most of all as I said before, small ones need their privacy in order to develop an appetite. So house them in small dark warm boxes and they should get hungry.
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Marcel Poots (Holland)
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http://www.marcelpoots.com

Gereat, thanks again for the info. I'll try a few of those and see if it works.

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I've been reading stuff on various forums about scenting with fish instead of the usual anoles. I have two non-feeders left, so as a long shot I tried them on defrosted pinkies that had been dunked in sunflower oil from a tin of tuna. One of them stuffed two pinkies straight down and has eaten reliably ever since! It didn't work for the other, but might be worth a go for you?

One person I read of had even succeeded by rubbing a defrosted pinkie on the inside of a fish finger ("fish stick" in the US?)! There must be a few variations of this trick left to try. Anyone have more fish-based experience or ideas?