Hey folks!

So my first clutch of eggs all hatched between 5-30-14 and 6-3-14 and all completed their first shed between 6-8-14 and 6-10-14. I moved them into their own hatchling rack around 6/15, and offered them their first F/T mouse hopper meal around 6/18. None of them ate, which wasn't a surprise to me. I cluttered up their bins, giving them crumpled papertowels to hide under, and waited a few days. I offered F/T again, and no one ate.

I finally gave in and bought some live hoppers on 6/22/14. I waited until 6/23 to offer, and one hatchling took a mouse immediately, but none of the others will. Two struck at it scared, and the others would immediately find somewhere to hide from it.

I offered the live mice twice since then, and no one took one. I couldn't keep live mice in the house any longer so "euthanized" them and put them in the freezer to use later. I absolutely hate putting mice (or anything) down, so I figured I would wait a little bit before offering again.

How long can the hatchlings go without food before I should worry? All shed perfectly, all have great behavior. Temperatures are perfect, maybe a TAD cool on the cool end (literally around 1 degree cooler than ideal).

I'm going to go to the store and buy plastic flower pot saucers tomorrow (I'm assumign Ij ust cut a little entry hole in these?) and see if that helps. The hatchlings are in a very quiet portion of the house, low to no traffic to bother them.

These are my first hatchlings, and I have another clutch in shed right now, so any advice would be EXTREMELY welcome and appreciated! Anyone have any tips or tricks?