Hello, finally got a captive born baby D. polylepis after much effort and searching- and now have been unable to coax the poor girl to eat! It was sold to me as "established on pinkies". I wasn't aware this was a problem with this species at all! I have tried the following:

live pinky mouse

live fuzzy mouse

live pinky mouse scented w/ rat blood

brained mouse fuzzy

live mouse fuzzy dipped in chicken broth.

A few keepers that I respect have said to try either a small green anole or green treefrog or scenting with one of the aforementioned.

The snake shed right after it arrived and the snake is very small so there is the possibility that this is the snake's 1st meal ever! It has defecated several times and has good weight so either it was feeding on something in South Africa where it was bred or is still absorbing yolk. Any keepers experienced rearing young of this species please help!

Drew.

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