Babies not eating.

[KephrenJorgensen]

So my ordinoides had a litter of 9 on Aug 1st. 1 escaped and is MIA atm. So far 6 are eating healthily, but 2 arent eating at all, and they are the only two that don't retain any melanism from the mother. What can I do to try to get them to eat? They wont eat nightcrawler bits, herring, salmon, or trout. Im assuming they wont eat pinky bits if they wont eat any of the other stuff. Im still looking for a camera to take pics with.

[Stefan-A]

Slugs and worms.

[guidofatherof5]

Ditto.

[Invisible Snake]

Congrats on the litter, maybe try offering live guppies to the non-feeders?

[guidofatherof5]

I don't think T.ordinoides eats fish as a rule but it's worth a try.

[KephrenJorgensen]

My other ordinoides love fish, the two non eaters wont eat slugs, worms or fish. Im going to try more worms today and see what happens

[kibakiba]

Mine love fish, but mine are just weird :P

[thamneil]

Just keep trying different items presented in different ways. If they'd eat it in the wild, they're bound to eat it in captivity sooner or later.

[EasternGirl]

Are you feeding them all together? I know I have a couple of babies that do not want to compete for food with the other babies. I often have to take them out and put them in a feed tank alone to eat. Also...I have shy eaters that will only eat when the food is put under a hide or if I drape a towel over the enclosure.

[Light of Dae]

Place them each in plastic containers with the food n some water. leave them alone awhile. If food isn't moving you can gently swish the food n water mix back n forth to get the babies attention, I do this all the time for stubborn eaters who only want moving food. Works wonders.

[jitami]

Yep... what Light of Dae said... offer a small assortment in the container (count how many food items) and just one of the 'non-feeding' baby snakes in each container. Leave them for a couple of hours without messing with them. I think Steve has a video here somewhere... tall thin containers are easier to deal with, but you can use anything with a secure lid. I used a large cottage cheese container. They don't really need air holes if being left for a couple of hours, but I added some small holes for light. They do use sight and smell when hunting. Good luck! I just got my last non-feeder to eat today and I know how stressful it is worrying about the little guys!

[snake man]

Heres a vid :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O36FMumumg&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O36FMumumg&feature=plcp)

[jitami]

That would be the vid I was talking about. Thanks snake man!

[snake man]

That would be the vid I was talking about. Thanks snake man!

Thats what im here for :D.