Quote Originally Posted by claireree View Post
I have 4 bp hatchlings, all growing fine even the runt of the litter, anyway I was wondering how often and what is the correct size to feed them. Currently they are all feeding well on mouse hoppers every 5-6 days and the runty one is on fuzzies.

Is this ok, the other problem I have is at the moment they only take live hoppers etc any tips on how to get them onto f/t or even pre killed have tried but not interested but as soon as a live one goes in they are straight onto them.

You can try offering the snakes that are eating live hoppers a live fuzzie. After they are done with that meal, offer them a F/T fuzzie and see if they'll take it. Try that about 4 times and then try to offer a F/T hopper without a live mouse. I'm sure with your one ball that is eating live fuzzies. You can do that trick with just fuzzies instead of going down a size. You could also try rubbing a live mouse on a F/T. One thing i tried and it worked for my first attempt on my pinstripe was i would let the mouse defrost on top of his enclosure. It allowed the snake to smell that there was a mouse present. It got him real excited and when i warmed up the mouse with warm water, i offered and he took it without a problem. You can use a blow dryer as well to warm the head of the mouse. Hope this helps.