Re: Hatchlings not eating?
Do not move them out of their enclosure to feed them. Keep them at at least 90 on the warm side and give them live mouse hoppers at night and leave them undisturbed for hours if not overnight. A mouse hopper cannot hurt them so dont worry. Dont try to feed day after day as this will cause alot of stress. If they refuse overnight then give them at least 5-7 days undisturbed before you try again.
The main reasons they wont eat are temps and security. I could see one of them refusing but if all of them are it is definately a husbandry issue.
Re: Hatchlings not eating?
Try live hopper mice? I'm not speaking from experience with hatchlings, but I have gotten a number of fasting snakes to eat hopper mice--a breeder told me that the hopping around is nearly irresistible, and apparently it is.
Re: Hatchlings not eating?
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West Coast Jungle
Do not move them out of their enclosure to feed them. Keep them at at least 90 on the warm side and give them live mouse hoppers at night and leave them undisturbed for hours if not overnight. A mouse hopper cannot hurt them so dont worry. Dont try to feed day after day as this will cause alot of stress. If they refuse overnight then give them at least 5-7 days undisturbed before you try again.
The main reasons they wont eat are temps and security. I could see one of them refusing but if all of them are it is definately a husbandry issue.
Really a hopper cannot bite?? I did not know that! I knew fuzzies couldn't but I always thougt hopper could. Learn something new all the time!!;)
Re: Hatchlings not eating?
Definitely try live hopper mice. If that does not work it is time for assist feeding IMO. They are not going to make it too much longer without a meal.
Re: Hatchlings not eating?
From what I saw on these forums and from my own spider, the spiders are very good eaters. I got my spider when he was only a couple months old. When he was young, he will eat every 3 days if I let him.
Re: Hatchlings not eating?
Considering how long it's been, I would try filling their bins with crumpled paper, and then the next day, put in a live hopper mouse--a very young one, in between crawler and hopper--for each of them.
Those that don't eat it, I would assist-feed a pinky rat to. It's strange that the entire group is failing to eat. It points to some larger issue, either with the clutch, or the environment.
Do they have appropriate hides? Are you offering food at night, and avoiding handling them completely for a day beforehand?
I rarely have hatchlings that fail to eat within 2 weeks of first shed.
