hoping to save a couple lives

tonight i was up at the petshop to pick up a couple feeders and my boss asked me if i wanted to take home a couple kenyen sand boas that no one could get to eat . these guys have been in our quarentine room for several months now and they just refuse to take anything offered to them . one of them i dont hold much hope for as he is very thin and dehydrated . the second one is not in to bad shape . these are both neonates who's siblings are all 3 or 4 times their size .

i'm gonna try and make an apointment at the vets for them this thursday and see if he can suggest anything or possibly do something for them .

the smaller of the 2 i'm pretty sure i'm going to have to force feed as he just doesnt look to have the strength to even eat . i'm just hoping he has enough strength to digest a small meal . i guess i'll find out here shortly . the other one i think has a real chance to make it with some tlc . i'm going to try some gecko tails on both of them initailly and see how that goes . yall wish me luck with these little guys .

Mark, try giving these guys a hot spot that's 100-105 F. I breed them and occasionally have a stubborn starter and many times have had success by offering them a really hot spot to bask in. Make sure they can get to a cool spot too, but try the extra heat.

Hmmmm, come to think on it, in the last two years I've only had a couple of strugglers out of about 100 neonates and both of them fired right up when offered extra heat. I also have soaked them in very shallow water for short periods of time to be sure they were hydrated.

If worse comes to worse, pinky pump the little buggers a few times.

Good luck.

thanks wes . i'll definately try that . right now thier hot spot is right at 98 . i'll bump it up a few degrees .