Had the BEST feeding night last night! I'm literally dancing with happiness. As some of you may remember we got four 07 hatchlings and a female adult WC in about mid-June. Two of the hatchlings needed a bit of assist feeding and the WC refused to eat (which from our information has been her pattern thus far in captivity other than the occasional meal she would take). We got Darra, the one hatchling to eat a few weeks back and she's doing very well now. Kennis the other hatchling showed absolutely zero hunting instinct so we've been assist feeding her. As of the last two feedings she was showing more interst in swallowing quickly once the prey was in her mouth but still no willingness to strike or constrict independently. Danu, the WC adult, was showing no interest either but had started to lurk from her hide.
Well last night they both independently took live prey! YAY! Little Kennis took a nice young rat fuzzy and Danu took a rat pup. The pup's a bit small for Danu's girth but it's a lovely start. We couldn't be more pleased. What a great early birthday prezzie the girls gave me last night!