I have been trying to get my 16 healthy-appearing newborn red tail boas to eat something!!! It is now just after their first shed and I am very concerned. So far I've tried warmed up frozen pinky mice and rats, but no amount of wiggling or time alone seems to entice them. Please help!!
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First shed and won't eat
Gretchen
Nov 23, 2005 08:44 PM
Replies (1)
rainbowsrus
Dec 01, 2005 10:30 AM
Try live ones if they have not eaten yet. Don't worry too much, hay can go a LOOOOOONG time without food. One of my baby BRB's is 3 months old and has never eaten. He's got me worried but he still looks fine, not wasting away, just not growing. Has shed twice.
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Thanks,
Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"
0.1 Wife
0.2 kids
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats 
