I’m glad you’re friend came and helped you determined their sex.
I think this is a good plan. They had a lot of excitement for one day. It’s great that some ate . Just leave the rest alone in their new homes until the weekend and offer a feeding then. Some of them don’t mind whatever is going on around them and are just naturally calm about everything. Most of them need more external calm to feel secure and ready to eat. THE most important factor in getting these to feed is helping them to feel safe.
I was just reflecting on how hard it is to leave them alone. Babies are years in coming, from planning and selecting the parents to caring for the parents while they grow (if they arrived as babies) to breeding and incubating and thrilling to their arrival… Leaving them mostly alone unto they are eating well is HARD.
I like to tell myself they crawl into my hand because they know what good care I’m taking of them. I know it’s probably a fib when it comes to reptiles, but it’s fun to think they know—especially the ones who have had some kind of trouble to overcome, like this one’s moldy egg.
Guess what? Working alone and taking a picture of hemipenes through the body wall of a tiny wriggly baby snake while also shining a light through said wriggly snake’s tail turns out to be quite a challenge! I think I’ve finally managed to get a potentially useful image though. Hope this helps.
. Just leave the rest alone in their new homes until the weekend and offer a feeding then. Some of them don’t mind whatever is going on around them and are just naturally calm about everything. Most of them need more external calm to feel secure and ready to eat. THE most important factor in getting these to feed is helping them to feel safe.
