Quote Originally Posted by tessymal View Post
thanks all, day three sardines, they loved them, chopped up very fine.
as a first timer i was a little worried
Not sure if sardines are a good choice. Anyone Be cautious about getting salt in their diet. You don't want that. Still, it's good news. If they'll eat that, they'll likely eat other chopped fish. Might be good to mix in chopped pinkies and worms too, to get them introduced and eating them early. The earlier you introduce other foods, the better chances that they will take a varied diet throughout their lives and that's a good thing.

It's only natural to be worried your first time but only a few days is nothing to be worried about at all. They absorb unused yolk right before they are born so they're basically already well fed when they join the world.

Personally, I've never got any of my litters to eat before day 7, and many of them hold out until days 10-12. Once they start though, they eat like little pigs every day.