good day for me

[markface]

well things just keep rolling along for me . since i got the 100 % het for ghost/hypo , i didnt need the 66 % pos het i already had . my boss let me trade the pos het tonight for a nice 2 year old female we had at the shop . she was brought back to us by a guy who had bought her 2 years ago as a cbb female . she has a little bit of blushing and i like her pattern . i havent weighed or measured her yet , but i'd guess around 800 grams and maybe 38 or 39 inches . i'll get the stats on her later .this puts me at 4 females and 2 males which i think is a better ratio . i got a few pics of her for now .

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i also got a straight up freebie today although its going to take some work to be able to make anything of it . one of the other guys at work was complaining today about a female pastel neonate he had that wouldnt eat . said he had tried everything to get her to feed . he was just about to the point that he was just going to put her down rather than mess with her . i jokingly said that if he was so fed up with her he should just give her to me . he turned around and said " ok , you take her . if you get her eating good we split the first litter , and she's yours ." i thought he was kidding , but he was serious . so i now have a very small non eating female pastel bp . she is definately thin , but she seems active and alert and still has good muscle tone . she is right at 2 months old and i'm really hoping i can get her eating . i'll keep yall updated as to how it goes with her . i got just a couple pics of her for now and will give her a few days before weighing her . at a guess i'd say maybe 50 or 60 grams and about 14 or 15 inches long .

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/mbryner/IM000846.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/mbryner/IM000844.jpg

any suggestions on how to get her eating would be apreciated . i'm going to try anything and everything that doesnt look unsafe for the critter .

thanks for looking . hope yall enjoy .

[Bill & Amy]

I would definitely try to assist feed her right away. Do something small like a fuzzy or pinky mouse.

[jglass38]

A good tip for assist feeding is to put the fuzzy or pinky head in the snakes mouth and give a gentle tug back towards you. It should hook the prey item on the snakes teeth. She might struggle for a bit to get it off but should eventually give in and swallow it down. Good luck!

[markface]

thanks yall . i'll try assist feeding her tomorrow . i'm gonna give her over night with a newborn rat pink in a deli cup . if she doesnt take it then i'll assist feed a mouse fuzzy .