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I just had 9 eastern milk snake eggs hatch over the weekend and now I want to feed them. Can anyone suggest what they will eat? They are just too small for pinkies so I dont know what to try.

Thanks
Bryan

you can try mouse tails, or cut up some pinkies. they should be able to take day old pinks. if you have no luck with that try scenting with other snakes, frogs, salamanders or fish good luck
wayne

I've had luck using pinky parts with newborns that are too small for whole pinkys. I usually cut them, while froven, into five parts, the head, and quarter the front and rear legs.
Then all you have to do is thaw the parts as needed. Let me know if your thinking of selling a pair, I'd be interested.
Good Luck!
-Phil

I am certainly no expert at this but I had good luck with my hatchling eastern feeding pinkie heads. Use 1 day old pinks and find the smallest one. Lop off the head (while frozen). You can even shave the top of the skull off exposing the brain. To help the hatchling find the food, place it and the head in a small
container overnight and don't disturb it for a few hours.
Should work. Good luck.

Scott

i have been following this post for awhile intently because i recently bought four baby eastern milk snakes. i have not been able to get them to eat either. ive tried day old pinkies live,dead,washing,scented with fish,scented withbrain fliud and at last chopped into 5 pieces. none have worked as of yet. does anyone have any other ideas.

I just got a pair of either reds or Easterns that are very small- at week 1 first feeding one took a brained f/t, the other nothing, 2nd week I offered both live, very small pinkies, washed and scented lightly with toad AND skink and they both ate them pretty readily in private deli cups- I hope they keep going!

I guess I'm really lucky to have it that easy so far with these two- a couple of other recent aquisitions still haven't eaten.