Baby Corn won't eat...advice?

[HERETiC]

The deli-cup trick has always worked wonders for me. My first baby corn refused 3 meals, even when I left the pinky in his cage overnight. Then when I tried the deli-cup trick, the first time, he took it within an hour. Now he eats like a champ.

[wendhend]

I breed corns and have found lots of tricks for getting them to eat. The small container is definitely a "must." I go as small as the 2 ounce round lidded containers that Tupperware makes for the really stubborn ones, but usually anything from 4-8 ounce size is okay. If your corn is very tiny I would also suggest just giving her a frozen / thawed pinky head if she is refusing the whole pinky. Newborn corns need pinky mice that are one day old or less. If you do have that size, you might also want to try "braining" a frozen / thawed pinky by poking a little hold in its head and letting some of the juice ooze out. Serving their food hot and in a dark place also helps. If none of that works, trying heating up a tiny frozen / thawed pinky or a pinky head in tuna juice for her. If none of that works, I would try a live day-old pinky left in a tiny container with her overnight if necessary. I have occasionally had hatchling corns that only take live in the beginning, but by four months they have always converted to F/T without any problem. Good luck!

[sweety314]

Ditto to the deli cup or gladware tub. (Or a tiny critter keeper would work, as long as the holes in the lid are covered to prevent escape). Our latest little guy is in the gladware with a small lid for water. Putting a baby corn in a tank is too much room.

The first baby corn we had wouldn't eat, until we left him in a little cup with the pinky overnite.