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Posted by: tgcorley at Thu Jan 5 08:09:19 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tgcorley ]  
   

I'm sure this is a familiar story. Two of my baby thayeri, hatched last July 22, died within two days of each other last week. Diagnosis -- five months of anorexia. Though they were kept warm and always had clean water and a hide, they simply were not interested in eating. Being an experienced reptile keeper/breeder, I tried EVERY trick in the book short of force feeding. In contrast, seven of their clutchmates kept under identical conditions are alive and doing well, averaging two f/t pinkies consumed per week. Alas, the non-eaters had some of the nicest colors and patterns in the clutch (doesn't it seem like that's often the case?).

Question -- does seven pinky eaters out of nine seem like a typical ratio for thayeri hatchlings? Just curious.

In any case, RIP little snakes . . . here's a picture of one of them as a new hatchling after her first shed.


   

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