% Please

[guidofatherof5]

I would like to get some idea of the percentage of troubled eaters(newborns) that don't make it. I average 1 or 2 troubled eaters per group born. Of that I would say I lose 75% of those within the first 6 months. Of the ones that do live, they have grown to regular size and their slow start doesn't seem to have had any effect of them.
As much as I don't like these numbers I understand most of these troubled eater have problems I can't see. Many, if not most are developmental in nature.
Some of these snake are in what I would call my neonatal intensive care unit at the Ranch. They require a lot of attention and many more hours of monitoring. The sad part is many of them will show signs of making it and then crash over a couple day period and die.
So my question is:
What percentage of neonate troubled eater don't live past 6 months?

[Mexicofan]

Hallo Steve,

Th. hammnondi:
14 Babys, born at 06. Dec. 2009

I lost 42,86% (6 Babys). They have been the little ones.
2 never eat.
4 stoppt eating after 7 weeks.

[guidofatherof5]

Hallo Steve,

Th. hammnondi:
14 Babys, born at 06. Dec. 2009

I lost 42,86% (6 Babys). They have been the little ones.
2 never eat.
4 stoppt eating after 7 weeks.

Thanks.
That's just what I'm looking for.

[snakeman]

Seriously, I might have had one baby that did'nt eat.I have had some babies die suddenly.But they were all eating.

[Mommy2many]

I have only had the one litter so far:

11 live births
1 passed in the first week
1 passed yesterday (I think he was the "eater" from the sibling incident a few days ago) there must have been some trauma

All eat, most really well, I think out of the remaining 9, I have 2 that are much smaller than the others but still hold their own.

[snakeman]

If you feed all of your babies together you are going to get non feeders.If you separate them they will do much better.Snakes are loaners and do not enjoy company.

[ConcinusMan]

So my question is:
What percentage of neonate troubled eater don't live past 6 months?

Somewhere between 0% and 100% except during a leap year.

Seriously though, I always kept them in several containers. In one container I kept the smaller troubled or non-feeders so they could get extra attention, in another container the larger more aggressive feeders and if necessary, spit them into smaller groups especially at feeding time. By 6mos of age, any that haven't already died, and are eating/growing will usually make it.

I got 40 to live past 6mos out of 50 live births but they were all very small. Another time I lost 4 out of 23. And like was mentioned, some of the lost were doing well and just suddenly died after a few months. Seems the small ones with the offset looking heads never make it even if I can get them to eat.

[Odie]

My worst was 80% loss

[drache]

I've had three birth occasions at my house
the first, concinnus, 6 live births, all good eaters from the get-go, still have one of them
the second, sirtalis, six live, two still-born, good eaters from get-go, still thriving
the third, parietalis, 4 live, five or so slugs, good eaters from get-go
seems that whoever survives birth at my house tends to thrive later, and so far all my females have thrown small litters with good-sized babies (around 7"-9" at birth)

[Mommy2many]

Wow, you did get good size babies. Way to go!