ok so i got a clutch of gtps lay on the 8th of april and due to having other species on the incubator i hat to incubate at 86 degrees. after june 7th i had 10 eggs still but nother had piped or anything so i just cut them all. and all the babys came out and obsorbed all the yolk and have taken to perches except for 3 where lathargic and died a few days later but now i have 7 and they are all drinking and alert and bity but none have shed ..... should i try and feed them .... im lost .... help me you gtp breeders out there

Try feeding them. Don't worry about waiting for the first shed. Some breeders say they get better responses before the shed anyway.

Try feeding them. Don't worry about waiting for the first shed. Some breeders say they get better responses before the shed anyway.

ok i will try them when i get my rodent order monday but why would they have not shed yet ...

...but why would they have not shed yet ...

That I can't answer. Sometimes these things just don't go "by the book". Good luck with the feeding trials.

I've had them go anywhere from 10 days to 1 month before first shed. You should definately be feeding them. I start feeding trials about 3-5 days after hatch. Waiting for sheds on gtp's is worthless imo.

I've had them go anywhere from 10 days to 1 month before first shed. You should definately be feeding them. I start feeding trials about 3-5 days after hatch. Waiting for sheds on gtp's is worthless imo.

ok thank you i will begin feeding trials imediatly one is sheding today haha

I also feed before first shed to those that want.. Even had one start to shed while eating the first meal last year. Start with newborn pinkies. I keep several colonies of mice and feed live pinkies. Those that aren't eaten, I just throw back with mother mouse. I've found about 1/3 of the hatch will eat before first shed

thanks everyone for there help im feeding the rest of my collection today so ill see how they do and report back

I would also start feeding before shedding. I had my entire clutch of 12 eating before their first sheds last year. I go straight to the scenting route now that I have seen how good it gets them feeding. I use chick down on all my F/T pinkies and it usually gets them to hold it right away. I do this for the first few feedings or until I am sure they are used to pinkies as being food, then I quit. Never had any issues with them requiring the scent after a few meals with it, and it gets them adapted to understanding that it is food, and not a threat. I feel pretty confident in this way and have gotten MANY non feeders from other breeders to eat when all else has failed. I keep frozen chicks in my freezer just for this and throw a bunch of the stuff in a bag and drop the warm, slightly damp pinkies in the bag so they are covered in the stuff. It makes the little neonates go crazy for food!

ok ill try that thanks cuz now all have shed out already and there not taking to live pinks at all

That I can't answer. Sometimes these things just don't go "by the book". Good luck with the feeding trials.
Yeah....I've noticed that snakes can't read, so don't always go by "the book". :lmao:
I also feed before first shed to those that want.. Even had one start to shed while eating the first meal last year. Start with newborn pinkies. I keep several colonies of mice and feed live pinkies. Those that aren't eaten, I just throw back with mother mouse. I've found about 1/3 of the hatch will eat before first shed
Many of my carpets also eat before their first sheds.

Any luck?

Any luck?

no luck yet ... but im having a hard time geting a hold of some chicks for fethers but im off this weekend so ill try again tonight in the middle of the night when lights are out and see if i have any luck with that

well i finally got one to eat a pinky and had another one seem pritty interested but no luck ill keep trying theres still some hope i do have chicks coming soon so i can try the chick fether method

Travis, first off, congrats. It sure can be a trying experience. Don't give up on the others. Be patient. Keep attempting, but try not to over stress them. 3 stikes... let them rest for 15 mins and come back and try again. Good luck.

Travis, first off, congrats. It sure can be a trying experience. Don't give up on the others. Be patient. Keep attempting, but try not to over stress them. 3 stikes... let them rest for 15 mins and come back and try again. Good luck.

thanks so much for all your help again, i think i snaped at you in one of the threads cuz if having a bad day and i apretiate all your help ill keep you posted gunna atempt again on tue report back wed .

well so far not so good i only have one left alive out of the 13 and its feeding on anoles so i guess next time ill breed my own anoles haha

Travis that sucks.. I can tell you this though, anoles and house geckos are easy to breed. That way no way are you introducing wild caught possiblity of whatever to your cb gtp's. Good luck on your one that is hanging in there!

Travis that sucks.. I can tell you this though, anoles and house geckos are easy to breed. That way no way are you introducing wild caught possiblity of whatever to your cb gtp's. Good luck on your one that is hanging in there!


thanks sara im looking forward to keeping him around and giving my pair a year off and ill try again next year and start them earlyer and have beter luck with them

I'm sorry you lost so many of the little neos... I has to be discouraging. Is it possible to scent the pinks with the anoles?