Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
So you feed 2 weeks old (eye open) rats to an hatchling right out of the egg? Those must be some big hatchlings or the rats name are different in canada
I put up a thread about this recently. I have extremely limited experience but this is what I did and all of my hatchlings have eaten on the first attempt. 60g hatchlings with about 20g rats. They were crawling and moving with their eyes cracked open. My snakes all ate 4 times and grew to 125+g in the 4 feedings.


For the OP - put them on aspen and give them hides. Most of the times when people say they are having a hard time getting hatchlings to eat I have noticed they describe a setup with paper towel and nothing else. Give them some security from the substrate and giving a hide, and then offer them some food that moves. GL!