Hatchling's first meals

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I'd offer live hopper mice. The heat and movement should get their insticts going. With hopper mice, you can leave them in there for a bit without harm since their teeth haven't hardened yet. For new hatchlings that don't take fuzzy rats for their first meal, I put a live hopper mouse in the cage and then check on them half an hour later. I rarely have one refuse when I do this.

i agree. i could never get little ones to eat pinks but they take hoppers every time.