Quote Originally Posted by dek593 View Post
First of all, you should be patient. Don`t even expect your stubborn feeder should eat every week as a regular scheduled basis. This is what I`ve learned from my stubborn feeder female champagne. I feed her weaned white rat every three week at night without light. Now, I know the timing when she wants me to feed her and 100% she eats the pre-killed rat. You need to learn the timing and what kind of prey your snake likes to eat. You must understand your snake`s nature.
These three snakes hatched between July 27 and 31 and had yet to take her first meal. That's why I was concerned. I learned the art of patience with these little guys a couple of years ago, but there does come a point where you need to start wondering if it is healthy to go 7 weeks without ever having eaten anything at all.

Now, as of this morning, all three of them have eaten one baby mouse on their own. Assist feeding thankfully has not been necessary yet. Hopefully they will start to get an appetite now. I had 2 babies from back in June go 46 days before their first meal, but once they started, they are now eating machines. So with any luck the trend will continue. They still look kind of puny, but this looks promising.

On that note, maybe it would be interesting to ask everyone what was the longest they've had a hatchling go before its first meal? This latest one has been my longest. July 27 to September 14 is 49 days. Has anyone ever had a hatchling go more than 49 days before eating for the first time?