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here is my new borneo, got a pair but the other one doesnt want to be photographed right now, traded for an argus/flavi to get two borneo bloods, i like them but they are kind of picky when it comes to what they eat.

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"if everyone believed in an eye for an eye the whole world would be blind" ghandi

That's a beautiful snake...congrats and good luck with them

I got a pair of baby Borneos four weeks ago and had trouble with getting them to eat at first...now it's just the female and I'm working on it but I'm hopeful.

These snakes are such a joy; I love them so much and I think about them all day and I miss them when they aren't around....I think I'll probably miss my snakes more than I'll miss my family when I got to college next year...

anyway, lovely snake and I'd love to see a picture of the other one

I'll get pics of mine up as soon as I get my film developed

later-
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.Owen.:.

"That Owen kid...man...he really loves that snake of his." ~Owen

they are really nice, i have had them for about three weeks with no luck of eating, im going to try fresh killed this weekend, or maybe live ratpups see if that suits them better. I dont like difficult feeders, frustrates me. but they are making me more patient.
scott
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"if everyone believed in an eye for an eye the whole world would be blind" ghandi

Hey,
You really have to bear in mind that these animals were probably accustomed to a regimen of some sort, and if taken out of their element and introduced into a new one, they must be made to feel comfortable and safe. If you can get them to adjust to their new digs then that's half the battle. Food shouldn't be a problem once they are used to their new home. Offer them food only at night when the lights are just out for the first time in the course of the early evening and when they are most apt to be prowling for food. Offer them food from a pair of 12 Inch forceps that is either freshly killed or warmed up if the food was frozen and thawed.

If that fails on the first attempt, try again a half hour later. Sooner or later you will get a feed response either defensive or other, but they will react and eventualy take the food from the forcep. I've fed many babies like this and have gotten them all to eat using this technique. Food can also, be left just in front of the entrance to the hide box or placed half way into the hide head first. If you use this technique the food should be warmed up and waved in front of the hide box opening gently pausing occasionally to wait for reaction and strike. They are ambush predators and are not active hunters so if what lurks in front of their nose is food, and of the right kind, they will eventually take.

-Angel
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"Until we lose our self, there is no way of finding our self."
-Henry Miller.

I hope someone responsible will be watching over your snakes while you're in college...
What's your plan?

Nice little guy you scored.Hey what are you keeping those little ones in.Your substrate looks bone dry, maybe they need a little more humdity to help them to get into feed mode.

There could be some additional factors into the not eating other than the type of prey. Post what how your cage is set up (it looks a little large) with your temp and humidity levels. So that way if there is a problem aside from that we can help. And if your having trouble feeding you might just try live mice. Usually when I first get some newbies I start them off with live and monitor their feeding. Then switch to f/t once they start pounding stuff down. Hope things start to turn around, let us know if we can help you.

J
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior

okay here is the rundown. I scored my setup ideas from robyns article in reptile magazine from Pro exotics. basically it is 16" long 11" deep 4" high. i have 2" of cypress mulch in the bottom, three hides alltogether, one on the hotside one in the middle and one on the cool side, and depending on the animals needs they are in one or the ohther. I have half the bottom covered in heat tape, which gives me a temp gradient of 92-78 with an overall ambient of 80 give or take 3 degrees, my humidity, as dry as the substrate looks is 70-75% the middle hide is always filled with moist sphagnum moss and cypress mulch, i mist the entire enclosure every two or three days, ihave them in a snakerack system that i made, on a sturdy table away from my monitors as far as they can be anyway, i didnt want them to bother the snakes but it is a hard thing to escape. Oh yeah, i also have a small water dish cleaned daily along with my monitors, which are seeming to be much easier to care for every day these snakes dont eat.
thanks for your help, i tried live rat pups today with no avail, i tried them repeatedly for about 3 hours before they died and i fed tehm to a hungry monitor. I will try getting the humidity up a little more, but i dont want to over do it. Once again, thanks again for your help i will keep trying.
scott
baltimore MD
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