Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
Assisting is a last resort regardless of the species, live is the route to go. Considering is 40 grams, what I would do is set her up like a breeder would. I have bred IJ in the past and all were setup in a 6 quarts tub until they were strong feeder.

You may or may not put a piece of pipe across the tub personally I never had when they were young.

So what would I do in order

Feed live if refused immediately switch to a smaller space and wait a week and offer live.

Assist would be my very last resort after 2 weeks of that treatment has failed.

People always thing "oh snakes can go a long time without food" well it's true but when they are that young getting them on track fast as possible is very important because they can't go that long and the more you wait the more it becomes a viscous circle.
Thank you, Deborah. I'm thinking I'm going to have to set her up in a smaller tub. Thankfully I have some spare parts hanging around so it will be a quick change if it comes to that. I'll keep everyone posted, fingers crossed live does the trick!