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I have 7 babies here.. and none of them have eaten yet. One strikes at the food, and hisses.. but nothing else. The others aren't even remotely interested.

They are baby Sonorans, born June 21st. All of them have shed. I have tried live fuzzy rats, f/t fuzzy rats, and f/t hopper mice. I've tried the chicken broth method-but apparantly campbells isn't their preference.

They are all in separate containers (sterilite shoeboxes) and all have hides and a water dish. NONE of them use the hides-they avoid them.

Any ideas? Some of them are looking really skinny. So I'm getting worried and it may be a vet trip soon to see if something might be wrong.

thanks,
Cat
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Seems like you have picky boas!!!!!!!!!!! I hate it when that happens.One question ,,how is the heat in their shoe boxes???? Boas as well as any other snake tends to not feed when not warm enough,,,,but one method I have used is to start with live appropriate sized food thats! Start with two live feedings, Then move to two pre-killed feedings, then start with the frozen thawed method. Also don't handle as much until a stable feeding schedule, I know it sucks to feed live but this method worked for my stubborn little boas and pythons...Hope this helps and let me know how they turn out!!!!!!! Joe

>>Seems like you have picky boas!!!!!!!!!!! I hate it when that happens.One question ,,how is the heat in their shoe boxes???? Boas as well as any other snake tends to not feed when not warm enough,,,,but one method I have used is to start with live appropriate sized food thats! Start with two live feedings, Then move to two pre-killed feedings, then start with the frozen thawed method. Also don't handle as much until a stable feeding schedule, I know it sucks to feed live but this method worked for my stubborn little boas and pythons...Hope this helps and let me know how they turn out!!!!!!! Joe

Their heat has been fine, hot spot is about 90 (their parents need 95). I've tried the bag method too, with live and f/t and gotten no response.

-cat
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