filez41

Hey Everyone,

I'm just looking for opinions, I have a plan of action but I'm curious what other people have to say.

I had a clutch of eggs that I had to give to a friend to hatch because I was moving and didn't feel comfortable bringing them with me. They hatched out, apparently took a while to start eating, but sure, no problem. I had them sent down to me finally, there were tons of snags before this week to prevent them from coming down, mostly scheduling issues and whatnot. They get here today, they're severely undersized, one is dead from shipping and the others look almost emaciated they're so skinny. Only one is fat and healthy and happy, it turns out that up until now they were all kept in the same tub, which I was of course not happy to hear.

So now I have these 5 snakes that are tiny tiny tiny, and I imagine very stressed out. They hatched in early july, maybe late june, and the smallest is something like 50 grams. I was told they eat live hopper mice, so they know how to eat.

My plan is to leave them alone for 4 days, they are set up in a boaphile baby rack now, they each have a water bowl and a hide, they are kept warm at 88-89. Every other baby I've had in that rack has thrived, so I'm leaving those conditions alone. So they're warm, separated and hopefully will de-stress over the next few days.

After 4 days I would like to try to feed them. If they were bigger I would leave them alone for a week, but as it is I would like to try to get them eating as soon as possible while not stressing them out.

Does anyone have any other suggestions or ideas?

Thanks for reading!