baby not eating assist feeding advice

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Originally Posted by darkballs666

thanks for the info :):banana:

have been reading up on it just getting facts straight before i start any thing dont want to make it to stressful:please:

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Oh...it's gonna be stressful...:rolleye2: Just have to have patience and be careful...Good luck...:)

thanks just hoping for the best would i be better with

pinky rat instead of fuzzy mouse as i going with smaller pray?

With a baby that small, it may be difficult to assist feed to a pinky rat. Are you breeding you own? If so then you could try it but use one that is less than a week old. You will only be able to get the head in though.

I only bring up using a mouse hopper because it's always better to try to get the baby to eat on it's own. It won't get stuck on mice just by feeding it a few. Only about half of my babies willingly start on rat pups. The others will take mouse hoppers for their first few meals. These are the ones that seem to only want rodents that are colored with fur and moving. This way they get a little bigger and when they can take larger furred rat crawlers, about 99% of them make the switch with no problem.

I had the same problem a few months ago my girls dropped to 48 grams :( because i didnt know what to do but a friend of mine assist fed them twice for me then one started to take f/t just fine while the other still wont touch a f/t so i have to get her a live small adult mouse. They are not both at about 80 grams and growing so fast! :)

Good luck just be patient it is a scary thing and will take time :(