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These are CB 2011 and have "shut down" feeding for the year. I thought I'd get a couple of pics of them before they go into Winter cooling.

Third Eye Herp

Nice looking snakes. Did you get them as newborns? If so, would you mind telling us about how they were to get started? (Such as: live vs prekilled, domestic mice or deer mice, in their first summer/fall or the following spring.) I have a group of this year's neonates that I have put into brumation, in hopes that they will start feeding for me in the spring.
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Kent

I got them in August 2011, so they were a few months old and the breeder already had them feeding on f/t pinks. I have heard that they will sometimes eat small fish or fish-scented pinks.

Also, if you make a nest out of wood chips from an adult mouse cage that have the rodent scent and put the pinks in that, you might get a feeding response.

I've also heard of newborns not eating until after brumation.

So those would be my thoughts, though I've never produced Rubber Boas and had to raise non-feeding neonates.

Tim

Thanks Tim. I guess I will be sharing my experiences with them next spring. For now they are in the garage enjoying a nice long sleep. Hmm... that sounds good!
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Kent