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Hey how are those babies doing? Don't forget to ship them to me
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Redtail "Kilo"
1.0 Ball Python "Road Hog"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches" (Didn't name her!)

Hi there! Ok, I'll be honest. They're doing great (all 13 of them), except that they havn't had their first meal yet. Tried to feed them yesterday for the first time - No luck - 13 out of 13 didn't want to eat. Might have to try that lil' paper bag trick???? Or some more scenting OR some butchered pinkies OR some brained pinkies OR some beheaded pinkies OR some lizard skin coverd pinks OR. . . . .Hopefully one of these tricks'll work. I usually do great with baby E. kings eventually getting all of them to take mice within the first month... We'll see how these little guys will do. . .If you've heard of any other, newly discovered feeding tricks let me know. Until then, it's back to old school stuff (I know eventually they'll all eat?).

Zee

Zee
Sometimes people forget how difficult WC corns can be with that F1 generation. I had good luck with tease feeding babies from WC gravid females. People forget that alot of corns are like F49 or something crazy. Keep trying and you'll get it. My "WC" weird female ended up being a lie or a release or the most amazing WC, genetically speaking, ever. She was het albino and het hypo and probably a yellow cross to boot. LOL What a deal. At least yours is a real WC from all apearances. Good luck with those. Here is what I got first my "WC" female LOL and the first three babies.
Later Jason

Zee, I saw a post where pinkies dipped in juice from a can of tuna fish works like a charm for stubborn hognose snakes. Who knows, it might work for corns Just something else you can try if for some reason they don't want to feed. Lucky my female hognose eats pinkie mice like a champ, so I have not had to try it out.

Steve

Sounds gross but there dang easy to forcefeed also.Ive also split the middle part of a chicken wing.Some love poultry more than lizards...Paul

I Do appreciate the helpful hints! I WILL try all of them if none of the other tricks work! First I'll see if I can make them feel more secure & give them lots of Privacy. Then, it'll be time for experimenting!

Zee