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gday, anyone here specialise in breeding elapids? wondering how hard it is to get the hatchlings feeding once born and whats the best thing to get them going on.
 
You can try live fish or scenting pinkie mice depending on the size of the snakes,mice tails with frog or skink scent.Tigers love frog scent.
 
It wouldnt happen to be that one you caught in your yard ,would it...
 
They vary between species and individuals. Ask the breeder who gave your baby its first few feeds and you'll get the history about your one, or if you haven't yet bought it, ask before you do. First hand information about your individual animal is always the best :)
 
When i bought them both they both had not yet fed. But as they were cheap i thought its worth the effort getting them feeding myself. So any ideas fellas?
 
would new born baby mice be to big? would they take them?

Depends on the size of the snake some littleies can take pinkies if there big enough.If there small use fish.I think fish are good because there easy to digest and keep the snakes hydrated.

Some people use mouse tails.
 
I have tried day old mice pinkys. No luck with them on the brown, i have not tried fish as yet. Should i try live food? I got the tiger going on the pinkys now all i need to get is the brown going? any more ideas fellas?
 
Hatchling or neonate tigers and browns are to small for whole pinkies.
I would, and do, give them a bit of cut mouse or rat tail,the size and length you reckon would be comfortable for a very first feed.
I know tails are not as full of protien ect. as opposed to a leg, but they are very easy to poke into a mouth of a stubborn juvy and i have had them taken simply by leaving them in the enclosure with it.
Also gives them a taste for rodent.
 
Juvie Tigers will nearly always take whole feeder fish straight from a pair of forceps. If not, assist feeding whole pink mice until they start eating works well too. Browns respond well to skink scent on whole pink mice.

The only cheap, unfeeding Browns and Common Tigers are free Danny, unless they are something very special. Spending the extra few dollars on established animals will save you lots of headaches and potentially dead snakes.
 
I've used small live feeder fish placed in their waterbowl. Keeps the fish alve for a few days and the movement quite often gets a feeding response.
Scenting rodent peices with skink etc is always handy, and as a LAST resort, I've had to force feed several neonates with dead feeder fish.
But as Jonno said, paying a couple of extra $$ on established feeders is usually the best way to go.
 
Can I ask where you got them? Have they got any more browns?


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