I finally got around to taking some pics around the house. Here's my neonate (assuming I can figure out how to insert the pics, lol.)
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Hopefully it worked...He/She/It just finished shedding a little over a week ago and ate a fairly large juvenile dwarf hamster (I have a breeding pair of hamsters and he never eats near time to shed, I kind of forgot about the rodents and didn't freeze it until it had become pretty large) then luckily this week my breeding colony of mice had more pinkies. Perhaps because I live in a tropical rainforest ecosystem very close to their home range, this is the easiest snake I have ever kept so far as eating and shedding goes. This one lives up to its reputation as a biter but I don't mind. Pinkies are a little small for my neonate as it is growing quickly, but I didn't want to make the trip across town to get a hopper, and reasoned that last weeks huge meal would be balanced by this, the mouse would be better able to care for the remaining pinkies, and they would grow quickly for next weeks feeding. Anyway it seems to prefer pinkies in spite of their being too small a food source for it's size now. I have access to microscopes but still haven't taken time to check a fecal. I must do that asap then get a weight on my neonate, and get the wormers needed to inject into a pinky or hopper before feeding. I would find another way but where I live vets are very cooperative, I have lots of experience (6 years I was a vet assistant) and the rodents are already dead so I don't think they mind...
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