Ya know I was just talking to Josh at Marki Reptiles and he hatched out a runt baby....I think it was something crazy like 8 grams. He said that even before the shed he pushed a pinky as he knew it would die if he didn't. The snake ended up living and was a very cute lil dinker. If all else fails you can go to the Marki Reptiles site and email him. He is awesome and always up to help ppl out.