neonate feeding help!

botis · 07-07-12, 06:59 PM

Congrats! From the pictures, it looks like they are big enough to eat the smallest newborn pinky mice, if not, you will need to cut the heads off of small pinky mice. Once they shed for the first time, try to feed them shortly after lights out. They will likely need to be tease fed to start. Tapping their tail, and the neck just behind their head with the prey item is a good way to get them to bite. If they release after the bite, keep trying until they swallow it.

jake7460 · 07-09-12, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by botis

Congrats! From the pictures, it looks like they are big enough to eat the smallest newborn pinky mice, if not, you will need to cut the heads off of small pinky mice. Once they shed for the first time, try to feed them shortly after lights out. They will likely need to be tease fed to start. Tapping their tail, and the neck just behind their head with the prey item is a good way to get them to bite. If they release after the bite, keep trying until they swallow it.

Awesome! Thanks so much! Can't wait to get them feeding and growing!
Yes they were a wonderful surprise, especially with the colors on them so far!

And thanks for reading!

botis · 07-09-12, 08:00 AM

Happy to help. The key to these little ones is persistence. They may spit it out 15 times, before swallowing on the 16th try.