Cute find

[kibakiba]

How's the little one doing? Has she eaten at all?

[GarterGeek]

Thank you all for your name suggestions! I've decided to call her Lucky. It's a short cheery name that fits her well.

Lucky hasn't eaten yet. I tried guppies but she was too freaked out from the feeding bucket to eat any. I did buy baby night-crawlers today and am going to try cutting some pieces of those for her. I shouldn't have to move her from her enclosure for that so I'm hoping my chances of getting her to eat are greater. We'll see tomorrow. Wish me luck!

[guidofatherof5]

I've had a few radixes like that. I've had pretty good success with moving the fed container to a low or no traffic room or covering the container with a towel.
Sometimes it takes over night but most of the time you have a full bellied snake in the morning.

[mustang]

Thank you all for your name suggestions! I've decided to call her Lucky. It's a short cheery name that fits her well.

Lucky hasn't eaten yet. I tried guppies but she was too freaked out from the feeding bucket to eat any. I did buy baby night-crawlers today and am going to try cutting some pieces of those for her. I shouldn't have to move her from her enclosure for that so I'm hoping my chances of getting her to eat are greater. We'll see tomorrow. Wish me luck!

ha like one of the few good lary the cable guy jokes...we went by this dude with no legs one arm(and maybey he also said missn an eye) selln boots his name was lucky lol...great name so much for egore or ...aww cr@p who sang the monster mash?....anyhow great name

[GarterGeek]

I've had a few radixes like that. I've had pretty good success with moving the fed container to a low or no traffic room or covering the container with a towel.
Sometimes it takes over night but most of the time you have a full bellied snake in the morning.

In those cases, did you use guppies or worms? Did you put a hide or anything in the feeding container? I put Lucky in the feeding container with some worm bits for a good 5-6hrs but she still didn't eat anything. She left a little poop in the food container so she may just not be that hungry yet. I'll try again tomorrow.

[guidofatherof5]

My feed containers are small. I use a small round ziplock container, the kind with the screw on lids. I use worms or guppies or both together. Small containers mean the snakes come in contact with the food as they move around the container. There is no room for anything but a snake and its meal.
I drill some very small hole in the lid and a couple inches from the bottom for ventilation.
Good luck.

[GarterGeek]

Bad news. I found Lucky dead in her water dish this morning. I don't know why or how she died. I doubt she drowned because the water dish wasn't too big. She hadn't eaten yet...I hate to think she could have starved. I tried many times to get her to eat, but she just wouldn't take it! She had trouble recognizing the worm-pieces as food. Since she was missing an eye I guess the food was in her sight only half the time as it would be for a normal snake. I only had her for two weeks, but I'm still pretty upset right now.

[guidofatherof5]

I'm very sorry to hear about your loss.

[ConcinusMan]

Sorry about that, but it wasn't totally unexpected really, given the deformities.

[Stefan-A]

Sorry to hear it, but it definitely wasn't unexpected.