As you might remember I've had these baby balls who haven't taken f/t. They are captive bred and have been fed live. Most of them have been doing great, but two are doing not so great. Well, after two months of not eating, one of them finally took a f/t fuzzy (I decided to try the soap wash thing, and it worked, seemingly) and fifteen days after that he took a crawler without hesitation (also washed). He seems to be going into a good feeding mode, I'm giving him five days now to digest this slightly bigger meal and then offer some more. He was skinny, but otherwise fine. These babies are still very small and were very small when I got them, only about six weeks. Now they're three months old.

One of them had a nose rub when she got here and she just got weaker and weaker. I went away for a week, after trying to offer her food, and when I got back she had died. I've never had a snake baby die on me before, and I don't know if it was because of weakness she died or what. I kept her in a rubbermaid with two hides, the temp gradient from 77-95, humidity around 60%. She never pooped with me, so I can't say if she had parasites; however, that would be unlikely, since she was captive bred, but then again, she'd gotten live mice...?

So, there's one non-eater left. And the problem was, as you might remember, that it's not possible to get live mice for feeding here, therefore I got myself a pair of mice and started breeding them. I didn't know that the babies had only eaten live, and most of them have switched to F/T without problems, except these two. Well, now I've got a stock of fuzzies and crawlers. And a few minutes ago I offered a live fuzzy to the one boy left, but he showed no interest in it! He's very skinny and I'm starting to get really worried. He has been moving, though, so he can't be THAT weak. He has plenty of hides and the same conditions as the others. Is it a vet case already?

On a happier note, my own girl Cecilia is doing great. She has a great appetite and is very curious.