Tiny Balls?

my smallest hatchling was 23 grams. I didn't wait very long when it didn't feed on it's own. after a few assist feedings, it started feeding by itself. when I sold it, it was doing really well and had a great feeding response. I held back a few hatchlings that were much smaller than their siblings. if you come and look at my collection. you couldn't pick them out.

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

I think little balls are adorable. If anybody has any tiny balls, pics would be wonderful. To see them side by side with another of say, the same age to get a comparison of size.

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I'm not mature enough for this thread. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Originally Posted by MarkS

I've got a couple of females that are quite small. I've had them for around 9 years now. Both were wild caught adults and tend to be very poor feeders, however I've gotten several clutches of eggs from them. They seem to hover around the 800-1000 gram range and appear to be healthy in every other way.

Here's one of them after laying a clutch of eggs
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...clutch5005.jpg
Here's the clutch she laid.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...clutch5006.jpg

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Proof that your females don't need to be 1500g and 3y/o to lay a clutch. THANK YOU! :gj:

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Proof that your females don't need to be 1500g and 3y/o to lay a clutch. THANK YOU! :gj:

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Well... I think age is more important then size. When I got them I thought they were young and I spent years trying to get them 'up to size' but they never grew any bigger so I just decided to breed them. Turned out that despite their size, they were fully functional adults in every way.

Do these tiny babies have to be cared for differently than a regular sized hatchling?

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Originally Posted by Kylegep

I hatched out a 13g cinnapin!
http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/...p/19088762.jpg

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What a cutie!!

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Awww Mike...do you have adorable little balls too?

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Originally Posted by Gerardo

Do these tiny babies have to be cared for differently than a regular sized hatchling?

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IMO, yes and no. I mean, their care is identical to any other hatchling, you just have to scale everything down. However, if there were complications at hatching, or deformities or anything like that, then yes special care would be given.

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my first ball i got was 68 grams and it refused for for 9 to 10 weeks it was down to 41 grams and it just looked super skinny so i had to assist feed. only did it twice and now she eats everytime i offer she is about 250 grams and i only got her last august. she also finally switched to rat so hopefully she takes of and get big soon.

that cinnapin is amazing and it was so cute and little.

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

Awww Mike...do you have adorable little balls too?

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Hmmm i have 4 that are still in that stage. All the others are too big and out of that stage.