Hi, History:
We have two adult Stimson ( about 6+7 yrs old) They have bread once before this about 4 years ago and none of the eggs hatched. They have bread again and had 13 babies, 2 didn't mature out of eggs and 1 not long after that.)
Story so far:
We have 5 month old baby Stimson. They won't eat by them selves and are force fed, I use the end of a small spoon and have used a lot of different meats.I try to go no bigger than their widest part. They look at pinkies but won't eat. We have recently seen other 5 month old snakes which drew my attention to just how under sized ours are.The one we saw matches most Internet pics of standard, not sure of length but round like a Artline 700. Ours are about 36 cm long and round like a HB pencil,7g. They have hot and cold and H20. Some shed well and fast, one has been unable to finish shedding for more than a week.( this one is not happy)it has moist towel daily and a rock to wrap around. They are small but apart from the one trying to shed all look good but small.Tried washing food, rubbing mice brains on food, feeding every week, putting food in daily for a week to see if they eat them selves...
My Question is:
What is the likely outcome, can I continue on this path until they pick up. I can not sell until they are self maintained. What can I try to better their survival chances.
We have two adult Stimson ( about 6+7 yrs old) They have bread once before this about 4 years ago and none of the eggs hatched. They have bread again and had 13 babies, 2 didn't mature out of eggs and 1 not long after that.)
Story so far:
We have 5 month old baby Stimson. They won't eat by them selves and are force fed, I use the end of a small spoon and have used a lot of different meats.I try to go no bigger than their widest part. They look at pinkies but won't eat. We have recently seen other 5 month old snakes which drew my attention to just how under sized ours are.The one we saw matches most Internet pics of standard, not sure of length but round like a Artline 700. Ours are about 36 cm long and round like a HB pencil,7g. They have hot and cold and H20. Some shed well and fast, one has been unable to finish shedding for more than a week.( this one is not happy)it has moist towel daily and a rock to wrap around. They are small but apart from the one trying to shed all look good but small.Tried washing food, rubbing mice brains on food, feeding every week, putting food in daily for a week to see if they eat them selves...
My Question is:
What is the likely outcome, can I continue on this path until they pick up. I can not sell until they are self maintained. What can I try to better their survival chances.