Little ones won't eat

ineedsoap16 · 11-01-09, 02:32 PM

I purchaces 4 snakes at the Oct 12 Hamburg show and have some issues. The IJ and male hognose are eating like champs but the female hognose and Thayeri kingsnake still haven't eaten. The female hog went into shed the day after we got home. I have tried a coupla of things but to no avail. I tried frozen pinkies (no luck), brained frozen (no luck with the king, the hog tried but regurgitated it), and now live pinkies (no luck).

Anything I'm not trying?

BTW, their temps and setting are at where they should be so I can't say its a habitat thing.

Any suggestions will be useful. Thanks

jmo · 11-01-09, 02:45 PM

hi i had the same thing happen to me i got a lizard out the yard and rub it on the mices babies and mine ate that way

ineedsoap16 · 11-01-09, 04:08 PM

That's what I've heard but here in DE there aren't that many lizards just running around outside. How about bearded dragons or leopard geckos?

jmo · 11-02-09, 08:32 AM

i would try with the leopard geckos and see how it goes

ineedsoap16 · 11-02-09, 05:01 PM

i will try it. Any reason for the leos not the dragons?

jmo · 11-03-09, 09:14 AM

i would try the leos becaues they are smaller than the dragons and there heads ant as big.