New childrens python pickup!!!

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Originally Posted by jclaiborne

He is so cool...even at his small size he is not timid at all. I take him out to hold him and he never wants to go back in his enclosure. Doesn't use his hide at all is constantly cruzing around, and he "perches and wraps" around my fingers so its like having a little ring. He already even has the little rainbow sheen to him in the sun.

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He is very tiny, but his personality isn't :) He's soo cool. Every baby snake Ive had this small has been timid. This guy definately isnt.

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pretty much just like i said he would be. i'm glad you pulled the trigger on him. they are such cool snakes. its amazing how brave they are at such a small size. i knew i wanted mine from the first time i held a hatchling and it bit and wrapped my finger and gave everything it had trying to kill me. i was in love.

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Originally Posted by jclaiborne

It is pretty funny when they bite...he does calm down after the first few strikes...now its just trying to get him to eat...with him being that small I worry about him skipping two many meals. His last meal was a day old pinky 8 days ago

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have you tried to feed him yet? they seem to have a pretty aggressive eating response. mine would try to eat a mini-van if i tossed one in his cage. he did skip his first meal ever last night but he is deep in blue and going to shed any day now. he tried to find the mouse but was just bumping in to stuff and gave up.

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Originally Posted by lefty

have you tried to feed him yet? they seem to have a pretty aggressive eating response. mine would try to eat a mini-van if i tossed one in his cage. he did skip his first meal ever last night but he is deep in blue and going to shed any day now. he tried to find the mouse but was just bumping in to stuff and gave up.

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I tried to feed F/T Tuesday and yesterday. He wasn't interested at all. I even grabbed the pinky with my tongs and dangled it in front of his face and he bumped it and moved away, so then I left it in his container for an hour and nothing. Not scared by it, but just not interested. Should I try live?

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Originally Posted by jclaiborne

I tried to feed F/T Tuesday and yesterday. He wasn't interested at all. I even grabbed the pinky with my tongs and dangled it in front of his face and he bumped it and moved away, so then I left it in his container for an hour and nothing. Not scared by it, but just not interested. Should I try live?

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i started mine on live. he never refused. somtimes i would drop it in and it wouldnt hit the ground. he would snatch it right out of the air. i just got him converted to frozen/thawed. hes taken that the last 3 times. i would try live for sure and see what happens.

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i started mine on live. he never refused. somtimes i would drop it in and it wouldnt hit the ground. he would snatch it right out of the air. i just got him converted to frozen/thawed. hes taken that the last 3 times. i would try live for sure and see what happens.

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I will go pick up a live pinky after work and keep you posted on if he takes it.

Live may make a difference, I had several hatchlings this year that when sold would still not take f/t, not all of them do. As they get to be older they usually become less picky about feeding and my adults will take whatever kind of rodent I feel like giving them.

We have SUCCESS!!!! He took a F/T tonight!!!! Zero aggression. I was dancing it in front of him and he wanted nothing to do with it. It slipped out of my little tongs and he crawled up to it and just slowly went for the head. He didn't even lunge at it.

Awesome! How freakin cute!!!

excellent news. sounds like one of my sand boas. shes never constricted anything. even live. thats why i switched everyone to f/t. glad he ate.