Newborn hatchlings?

I just purchased a female bumblebee fresh out of the egg at a reptile show, with a little umbilical cord still hanging on. She has not shed yet, and I was wondering if there were any specific tips on keeping newborns? Also, how often does a problem feeder come along in your clutches? Lastly, when I bought her, she wasn't headshy or nervous in the slightest, could that be an indication that she might feed better? Thanks, Benek!

keep her in on damp paper towels until she sheds out... then after that try to offer her food... sometime the say that aggressive babies make better eaters... but being head shy is something that most ball pythons are, especially as baby... in the wild they are scared of getting stomped on my elephants!! lol

Lets see some pics! :)

Do you have any experience starting a hatchling? Six quart tub, damp paper towels, hide, water dish and no handling. Offer food a week after the first shed, a live hopper mouse or rat fuzzy.

I'm curious who the breeder was who sold a hatchling fresh out of the egg at a show?

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For your sake and her's I hope things go well. But I'd love to know why you thought it was a good idea to buy her with no experience in caring for a snake that young ? And what kind of idiot sold her to you ?

Gale

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Do you have any experience starting a hatchling? Six quart tub, damp paper towels, hide, water dish and no handling. Offer food a week after the first shed, a live hopper mouse or rat fuzzy.

I'm curious who the breeder was who sold a hatchling fresh out of the egg at a show?

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Sounds like they are a bit desperate to make a quick buck regardless of the snakes health and welfare. It ticks me off....

@ the OP: I hope all goes well for you and your little hatchling.

i would also love to know who sold you a snake that just came out of the egg? Also to the OP did you tell him you had experience raising up hatchling BP's? Is that why he sold it to you?
IMO I would have to be extremely close to someone, if i was going to buy a hatchling right out of the egg w/o a first shed or meal. What happens if something goes wrong with the umbilical cord or first shed? Did the breeder tell you he would refund you?

I bought her from HGI reptiles, and I was told that she should be no problem to start up. Maybe it was just me being gullible, but they seemed to think that it would be easy for me. Well, I guess that's what I get for not consulting bp.net first. I really hope that she starts without issues, and if trouble comes, I have everybody here for help :)
Thanks, Benek

Also, here she is(sorry for crappy cell pics in the car)http://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4d892-8b0e-ef7c.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4d892-8b1b-336f.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4d892-8b2a-ade2.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4d892-8b34-c8ac.jpg

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I bought her from HGI reptiles, and I was told that she should be no problem to start up. Maybe it was just me being gullible, but they seemed to think that it would be easy for me. Well, I guess that's what I get for not consulting bp.net first. I really hope that she starts without issues, and if trouble comes, I have everybody here for help :)
Thanks, Benek

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Live and learn my friend! Again I really hope she does well for you! And we are happy to provide advice and guidance to you if it gets a bit rough. Good luck!

She is sooo pretty! I picked up a cinnamon yesterday at herp world but he's a few months old. May I ask how much you paid for her? usually when they sell them so young they are less expensive.

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She is sooo pretty! I picked up a cinnamon yesterday at herp world but he's a few months old. May I ask how much you paid for her? usually when they sell them so young they are less expensive.

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I paid $375 for her. Looking back, I should have bargained a little more, because of how young she is.

Still not a bad price.

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Imports from Africa are most commonly shipped to the US market straight out of the egg, aren't they?

I prefer to sell mine well-started, because I've seen so many starving little ball pythons at pet stores that I don't think have EVER eaten. And maybe never will. :( But I got an import hypo from Outback that was shockingly undersized and now eats like a hog. I think this bee is pretty likely to make it with proper husbandry.

I don't have a proper hatchling rack, so I didn't do the tub with damp paper towel thing for more than a couple days for my first clutch. I put them in a 10 gallon tank with the usual set up, and I'd pour just a little water on the bedding every couple days until they shed. They splashed around in the water bowl a lot, but otherwise acted pretty normal (hiding all day, climbing around at night.) When I saw they were going blue, I put a damp (but not dripping) washcloth on their hide.

The big deal is getting that first meal into a hatchling. I wait a couple days after the first shed, then I start offering live hopper mice. I'll do that every 5-7 days. If a hatchling hasn't eaten after 8 weeks, I take them to the vet.

The bee has probably already been handled a bit. My super mojave and my piebald male were both super-friendly and not head-shy, and I think that's because the breeder was showing them off to every single person who came in the door. Don't bother her more than once a day, but don't worry about it too much, either. If she's not acting stressed, she's probably not stressed.

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I paid $375 for her. Looking back, I should have bargained a little more, because of how young she is.

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Seems like a pretty good price for a female, especially such a pretty little girl. aren't they usually more then 400+ for a bumblebee girl? I don't know too much about snake pricing though XD

You said you got her from HGI Reptiles, are you sure it wasn't HDI reptiles? I'm just asking because my cinnamon is from HDI reptiles and has the same container as the one you took home, plus if anything happens it would suck if you had the name off and couldn't contact them. They also had some eggs just starting to hatch that they occasional took out to show people and made their own display cases. They where really nice, they had the cinnamon I bought marked $100 less then it was supposed to be and let me buy him for the mis-marked price(which I hadn't realized until after, I guess that's why the guy seemed a little confused when I only gave him 125 instead of 225 lol)

here's the container my cinnamon came on, the top is off in the pic
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7263/7...3f23e33b_z.jpg

This was a one of their display cases
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8015/7...4b077351_z.jpg

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I'm just asking because my cinnamon is from HDI reptiles and has the same container as the one you took home

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Deli cup = pretty common...:)

But it's a deli cup with a little bit of aspen on the bottom lol , and the name of the breeder was only one letter off and when I tried to find them online nothing came up. But yeah, they are pretty common. I felt bad for some of the snakes stuffed in deli cups as a display rather then the breeder putting them in the cup when they are bought.

Yep HDI reptiles is where I bought her, my bad

I, personally, would never sell any babies out of the egg. And I most likely wouldn't buy one either, even though I have plenty of experience with hatchlings.

There's a guy on Baltimore's CL selling pieds right out of the egg :rolleyes:

I really hope that things go smoothly for you and your new girl.

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I, personally, would never sell any babies out of the egg. And I most likely wouldn't buy one either, even though I have plenty of experience with hatchlings.

There's a guy on Baltimore's CL selling pieds right out of the egg :rolleyes:

I really hope that things go smoothly for you and your new girl.

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Yeah, I've talked to him before. He also advertises on fauna classifieds. I haven't had an issue with purchasing hatchlings. I usually get them after the umbilical falls off/ before the first shed. Since I have experience with hatchlings, I consider it a great investment. I picked up a clutch last month of 1.1 lemonblast, 2.0 pastels and 1.1 pinstripes for 460 shipped. Got them all well started now. I consider that a risk I am willing to take. Just my two cents :)

What ended up happening with her?

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What ended up happening with her?

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950 grams and counting! She is doing awesome, I was super lucky to find such an amazing snake out of a dumb, ill-advised impulse buy.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/06/15/7yma2yby.jpg

That's great to hear. Nice bee! :D