Someone from another forum is having difficulties with captive hatched Black racers and is asking for help (she PM'd me). I know next to nothing about them so am turning to you guys for suggestions.
She works at a summer camp, found a clutch of eggs and brought them home to hatch them as she did not want the kids to disturb or trample them. The hatched on August 15th and have not eaten anything she has offered (roaches, worms, grasshoppers etc.). They have lost ~1-2 grams each since hatching. She has them housed all together in a rubbermaid bin with a lot of hides, water, heat gradient...her set up seems pretty good as she has mimicked her area. The only question there would be having them all together. Last night she got a few of them to eat some raw chicken. The smallest pinks she can find are too big, she said they are at least twice the girth of the largest baby (if not bigger), they currently weigh 4 or 5 grams each. She was going to leave the ones that did not eat last night in deli cups with some chicken and bugs overnight and I don't know the outcome of that.
I'd love to be able to point her in the right direction...any care sheets or suggestions? She just wants to establish them a bit and then let them go eventually. Any help is greatly appreciated!