To trade or not to trade... That is the question?

I wouldn't make that trade. now for getting your hatchling to eat. we will need more info on how you're keeping the hatchling. a pic of the enclosure, the size of the enclosure, temps, humidity, and don't hold the hatchling until it gets a good feeding response. leave it alone, no stress.

Also if you don't want to see your snake eat a live pinkie see if anyone else in your family would be willing to do it for you so you don't have to watch.

I agree it was irresponsible to sell it to you without having eaten under and guiding your decision by claiming F/T right away would not be an issue.

I had this situation come up recently but I was prepared to bite the bullet and feed live. I must say, they are QUITE efficient at what they do. It was not nearly as upsetting as I thought it would be.

Feed it a few live hoppers before trying anything with the F/T. It's going to be a waste of money until it's like 150g I would say.

Wow lots of good info here.. first of all I'd be getting back with the breeder and start taking refund if she die's because she wont eat..Second of all even though I think you've learn the hard way, NEVER EVER buy an non-eating animal from anyone. Now that we've gotten that out of the way.

One question how long since the animal hatched has it been 1 week? 3? 10?

If it's only been a couple of weeks there is still time to get that thing eating

1. Get that baby a good small tight hide, something that it can really curl up in and feel safe.
2. Use a dark tub or cover the setup somehow
3. Leave it alone for at least a week.
4. Offer a live rat pup, anything smaller doesn't move around enough, even better get a little mouse hopper.
5. I preface the following by saying that the above feeder items are in no way able to harm the baby snake! Leave to food item in over night.
6. If the baby hasn't eaten by morning take the feeder out and try again in 2 days.
7. After about 3-4 tries stop offering for a few day's and try again.
8. During all of this do not handle look at or mess with the snake. Only peek in to make sure it's still among the living and close the tub.

The problem here is stress, and this till one has had loads of it so far. Get it De-stressed if the animal isn't to far gone and work from there. But your first order of business is to call the breeder not to pawn your mistake off on someone else.

Keep us up to date on how it goes.

You don't even need to sit there and watch...some hatchlings are shy. When I feed mine their first meals, I drop the hopper in, turn off the lights and leave for 15min. A rat pink or a hopper mouse isn't going to hurt the snake.