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Out of 30 babies that hatched three weeks ago, I've got a couple that still haven't eaten. I've tried live hopper mice and live fuzzy rats. I even brained the rat fuzzy. That usually works with fussy corns. Then I tried scenting the brained fuzzy with raw chicken. Any other suggestions?
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1.1.30 albino burms (male also labyrinth)
1.1 normal burms
1.2 ball pythons
1.1 spotted pythons
1.2 albino corn snakes (1 female snow)
0.1 house snake
1.2 kenyen sand boas
1.0 guyana red tail boa
1.0 amazon tree boa
1.1 everglades rat snakes
1.2 iguanas
1.1 leopard geckos
1.3 bearded dragons
0.0.1 ornate box turtle
1.2 dogs
0.1 children
0.1 wife

okay, I'm half serious but seriously, its a thought and there are many elapid specialist who would dearly love to get healthy feeder snakes (including me). But, I have found that with these problematic feeders, is that they just need a lot more time and attention that the hearty feeders. I have had good luck getting these stubborn hatchlings to take a 1-day old to 1 week old f/t and re-warmed quail; something about birds that gets even the most stubborn of feeders started. If all efforts fail, you may have to resort to assist feeding but that should be a last ditch effort. Good luck. Rob

>>Out of 30 babies that hatched three weeks ago, I've got a couple that still haven't eaten. I've tried live hopper mice and live fuzzy rats. I even brained the rat fuzzy. That usually works with fussy corns. Then I tried scenting the brained fuzzy with raw chicken. Any other suggestions?
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>>1.1.30 albino burms (male also labyrinth)
>>1.1 normal burms
>>1.2 ball pythons
>>1.1 spotted pythons
>>1.2 albino corn snakes (1 female snow)
>>0.1 house snake
>>1.2 kenyen sand boas
>>1.0 guyana red tail boa
>>1.0 amazon tree boa
>>1.1 everglades rat snakes
>>1.2 iguanas
>>1.1 leopard geckos
>>1.3 bearded dragons
>>0.0.1 ornate box turtle
>>1.2 dogs
>>0.1 children
>>0.1 wife
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL