Tiny Hatchling

Hello!

The snakes from my first clutch ever have all climbed out of their eggs. She was a first time female around 2100g and she put out 8 eggs. The eggs in general were very small (around 50g-60g). That being said most of the babies seem healthy with the exception of being on the smaller side. One baby (I think a QueenBee) though, is very very small, about 20g. It didn't seem to absorb much of its yolk. I don't have high hopes but I'm prepared to do whats needed, like assist feed, if necessary, to try to get the little thing to live! I'm just wondering if anyone has suggestions, like when to offer its first meal, for a baby this small, or if I just go about it as a normal hatching.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Congrats and there was just a thread where someone was explaining getting their 22g to thrive... Hope everything goes well for you

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Originally Posted by ElliotNess

Congrats and there was just a thread where someone was explaining getting their 22g to thrive... Hope everything goes well for you

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Is there any chance you could find the link to that? I've tried searching and looking and can't seem to find anything.

It can go either way, now if the animal did not absorb his yolk rather than wait until the first shed to feed, I would do so in the next 3 to 5 days (live large fuzzy mouse overnight), if it does not work simply euthanize and assist the fuzzy the next day, after that feed on the same schedule than the rest of the clutch (large live fuzzy overnight) and assisted the next day if not eating on his own, and repeat until the animal is about 60 grams, at that time if it's still not eating on it's own you can offer a live hopper, remove if not eaten wait a week offer a live hopper again and if not eaten assist the next day.

Getting bigger will allow you to assist every other week instead of every week should that be necessary, the animal might eat on his own.

My smallest was 24 grams made it just fine.

Good luck.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

I would do so in the next 3 to 5 days (live large fuzzy mouse overnight), if it does not work simply euthanize and assist the fuzzy the next day

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This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much! I'm a little worried that a fuzzy will be a bit large, though.

Here is a photo taken this morning right after it crawled out:

http://imgur.com/a/Yi5kz

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Originally Posted by Bryant493

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much! I'm a little worried that a fuzzy will be a bit large, though.

Here is a photo taken this morning right after it crawled out:

http://imgur.com/a/Yi5kz

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Fuzzy mouse will be fine, if you do pinky it will be too small.

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Fuzzy mouse will be fine, if you do pinky it will be too small.

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Alright, thanks again. I'll give it a shot!

Oh good luck! She is such a tiny baby. Sending love her way!

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Fuzzy mouse will be fine, if you do pinky it will be too small.

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Hey Deb, Just picked up a fuzzy. Falls under Rodent Pro's standards of a fuzzy mouse anyways. It looks a bit big. Here is a pic of the mouse with the snake:

http://imgur.com/a/ervRo


Does this seem alright?

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Bryant493

Hey Deb, Just picked up a fuzzy. Falls under Rodent Pro's standards of a fuzzy mouse anyways. It looks a bit big. Here is a pic of the mouse with the snake:

http://imgur.com/a/ervRo


Does this seem alright?

Thanks.

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Looks on the larger size than again there can be a lot of variance between a fuzzy and a fuzzy (basically fuzzy are from day 5 to day 14)

Wait and see if it's no go dispatch it and freeze it, to assist I alway recommend something slighly smaller that what you would feed the animal if it eats on his own, makes it easier.

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Gonna try to keep this updated. It always annoys me a bit when threads end with no conclusion. After three failed live, then assist feeding the next day attempts, she finally took her first live mouse fuzzy!

She hatched at 18g, then moved up to about 19g, I'm assuming from water weight. After her meal she moved up to a whopping 22g, haha.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e8c44fa06f.jpg

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Such a small one. I am glad to hear you are winning the battle.

i have that same scale and when i saw this photo i could immediately tell just how small she really is. just...wow.
good to hear she ate! go, tiny one! go!

Best of luck with her. Even if she ends up runty and possibly unbreedable as an adult, I'm sure someone out there will love her as-is.

So cute! I'm glad he ate!

Love that little gal it's good to hear she ate on her own. Also hats off to Deb for always being Jonny on the spot (I just woke up and couldn't think of the feminine version of the name Jonny.)

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How often are you trying to feed her? Should be more frequently than weekly...

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How often are you trying to feed her? Should be more frequently than weekly...

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Every 5 days with live. So that means she ate on the 5th live attempt, not 4th.

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That's good she is making progress... She will get big soon enough...

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She has eaten every week, so far, after her first meal! She is 38g and growing fast! It did take her over a month to shed. I'm chalking that up to her not having grown enough in the beginning since there was almost no told absorption. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f639df7467.jpg

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yay!!!

oh wow! she's so cute. best of luck to you both [emoji1316][emoji1316]


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Update 2:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f639df7467.jpg

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I can't even handle how cute she is. Right in the soul.

I hope she keeps eating for you, good luck!


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