Feeding Baby Snakes their First Meals! 

The frog scenting thing killed me. All I can imagine now is me sitting in my computer chair, minding my own business, and then somebody bursts into my apartment to wipe a whole chicken across my face: "It's human scented now" 💀😂

I am proud to say that the "dirty pastel" from the hatching video, who was also labeled as "sassy" on her card, eats whenever food is offered, and while she'll give a bit of a hiss when she first sees the lid open, she's very easy to handle, and is a bit of a cuddle bug! She's enriched my life, and has so much personality. I appreciate how hard y'all work to make sure that the snakes not only go to good homes, but that the snakes are READY to go to new homes.

I found this trick to make ball pythons eat: Place a frozen roden in a plastic food container and close the lid so the scent can't escape. Wait till it's unfreezed, then put the container in hot water to make the roden warm enough for pythons. It keeps the food dry (a lot of ball pythons don't like wet food) and preserves as much scent as possible (some snakes wouldn't take food as it doesn't smell strong enough). Saved me a lot of time, upvote for Emily to see

I enjoy seeing the difficult side of raising the babies. Not all rainbows and sunshine. It makes me appreciate the work that goes into breeding and raising the littles.

I loved that little baby's very ferocious hiss, what an adorable little angry shoelace! Also, baby balls absolutely do prefer a certain temperature in their f/t meals or will ignore them entirely. A lot of mine really like their food nice and warm and if it's any colder than that, they refuse. Another trick for stubborn eaters is to feed a smaller size meal and more often, working them up to the correct size meal for their size and age.

I loved this style of video. I think it's really nice to have a baby-recap at the end of the year.

I like seeing the personality through eating. My hognose always did well frozen thaw, but also is just a super ravenous guy. So younger if you drop fed (which he preferred) and he wiggled over it before finding it, he would smell himself and try to eat that... cause he thought he was the mouse, so he didn't get to drop feed for awhile due to the lack of brain cells

Emily don't worry if the babies won't eat for the camera, that doesn't make the video not exciting! We're excited for baby videos even if it's all drop feeds ♥

The false water cobra baby smelling the mouse: "Don't know what that is. It's weird, scary, and gross." The false water cobra baby after smelling the bird poop frog mouse: "Now THAT smells like food!"

Angy babies are hysterical, I love them.

Babies are always welcome in any context lol Also, I just wanted to thank you guys. It's because of this channel that I just got my very first snake! He's a baby saffron motley morph corn snake named Tobi and I love him to death

Baby snakes, a lot like a toddler who has learned the word no and it's lunchtime . Lol

Just a thought in case it works for someone else who can’t think what else to try ❤ some of my more picky eating baby snakes don’t like the water defrosting method, I think because the water washes off some of the scent, so for those, I defrost the rodent in sealed empty tupperwear (no water) in the fridge for a few hours instead - this reduces how much scent is lost and gets them eating! (I then switch to water defrosting later on) - I guess it makes sense but it took me a while to find this out with help from some other very kind keepers lol so worth a try if it helps anyone else with some frustratingly picky eaters like mine lol 😅

That upset baby is actually the first time ive seen a snake on the channel that i was like naw im good not booping that snoot rn

Love this More baby snake update videos please, Ive always wanted to see hownthey grow more, maybe you packing some up for their forever homes when older

Wow, that must be incredibly stressful trying to get babies to eat! My albino Nelson's Milk was eating well when I got him, and he just inhales his food now; has never refused a meal in a few years. As a result, he's doubled his length to over 4ft long! He seems to shed at least once a month so he's still growing well. Still a total sweetheart and has never bitten anything not a rodent. I love my noodle guy! Wish you could meet him!

This was a great video! I would love if this became more regular content on your channel. Behind the scenes stuff like cleaning enclosures, and feeding/raising babies is not only interesting to watch, but it helps people that might be thinking about getting one of these exotic pets really understand just how much time and effort goes into taking care of them.

I was laughing so hard when you were rubbing the mouse on the frogs and the frogs couldn’t care less

Omg seeing my Banana Ball as a baby was so adorable. He has already grown so much and is working to be an ambassador animal (still refusing f/t as a stinker)

I remember watching you in your kitchen scenting mouse parts with frog for the baby hognoses. That was a lifetime ago, before COVID. Glad to see you showing that part of breeding again !😊

I'd like to see more on the struggle to get baby snakes to eat and how you progress.

I tried starting my baby balls on frozen thawed, but they can be such picky eaters that I figured out it was more important that they actually take their first couple meals because it isn't difficult (generally) to switch them later. So all of mine start out with live mouse hoppers, and after they've taken 3-4 of those, I can normally switch them to f/t within just a couple more feedings using fresh mouse bedding and making sure they're hot.

More videos like this need to be shown so people can research and know exactly what they are getting into !!! ❤️

Those were some spicy Argentine boas! 😂 I love seeing the different personalities of snakes. Generally snakes of the same species will have a similar personality, but every individual snake is unique.❤

I loved this long first feed video ❤ I loved the little faulcy that took the mouse and the banana ball. The pastel was pretty too.

2:03 I've never seen such a mad boa of yours; all the ones you have are so chill

I recently had to put my cat down and you have really helped me because you make me happy and joyful. I hope you see this you are really helping a lot

Snake babies!!!!!!! I am sooooooo excited to let you all know I got my very very first snake yesterday!!!!!!!!!! They are a teeny little baby corn noodle. A Cinder Motley Stripe Corn Snake. They are currently in a little baby set up and being left to settle in nicely for the next couple weeks. Due a feed next week. I have yet to choose a name but I'm considering cinder toffee or mac and cheese 🤣 After years of loving snakes and reptiles from afar, and watching this channel for years I'm so excited to finally say I'm a snake owner! 🐍💚😊 This channel has really helped give me confidence and knowledge about keeping my own. Thank you. 💚💚💚

Would love to see more videos like this with baby snake husbandry! Would also love a zoo feeding day and husbandry for the zoo enclosures!

Great vid. I like that it shows how you don't have to know everything. You can look it up. And babies don't always eat right away. It's not as easy as it looks on YT. Thanks, E and E.

You know my ball python was so hard to get feeding, until ...... I figured out she does not like wet rodents. My cats were not pleased when that happened because they usually got the rat 3 out of 4 times when I was still thawing directly in the water. Out of frustration I stuck a rat in a ziplock and submerged the bag in water. She destroyed that rat. So that's how I learned to disappoint my cats. Lol. I think the dry rodent has more scent on it. Just thought I'd share what works for us.

They are so sweet! All babies are prescious.

I got my first cornsnake at the end of November, something that has been on my bucket list to do for over 15 years, so I was very excited. I was told by the breeder that as he was only 4 months old, he may be very nervous and may try to bite me. When he arrived after being shipped, first thing I noticed as I opened the box was that he was in blue, so I thought I was going to have lots of sass from him. Turns out he's a sweetheart... He started letting me handle him after 24 hours in his new vivarium. His setup is a little bigger than recommended for a baby, but he has loads of decor including 4 hides so plenty of places to feel secure and he now uses all of his enclosure. He ate for me 3 days after I got him, has had regular meals ever since, and he shed just before or just after he ate for me the first time, which came off in one complete piece. He has also never even tried to strike at anything other than his large frozen/thawed pinkies, which he takes so politely from tongs while being fed in a separate plastic box. His favourite thing to do when I'm handling him is to tongue-flick at my nose, then climb along my glasses onto my head. He is the cutest. 😂

Love your channel. Never thought I’d say that to people running a channel about snakes, but I’ve started to like the little buggers. 😂😂❤

aww the new little dudes on the planet they are so frigen cute!

I love this! Little babies make my day so much better!

I have recently started breeding because of your videos i want to say ty im so excited to have babys and i love watching your videos so i can learn more and more about snakes there is alot i have learned about snakes from your videos

You both are so inspiring

I just got a chance to visit the zoo and it's FANTASTIC. My 18 month old son loved it so much. He's obsessed with animals and the guided tour (which for anyone who hasn't noticed on the website before is totally free with admission) was just the coolest thing to him. He doesn't grasp that Rex isn't just another kind of dog yet but we'll get there.

OmG Baby Snakes Are So cute and they’re my favorite type of videos so I’m so happy❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Great video. They actually make scents you can buy and put on the prey. I’ve seen ppl use it in videos to get baby venomous snakes to eat that are frog and lizard eaters. They make quite a few different scents. I got three ball pythons in the past year and they were fed live. Once they got acclimated to their new homes I had no trouble getting them switched over to f/t. I always made sure the rats were very warm bc they really sense the heat. Those banana morph babies were so pretty. Bananas are my favs. Really enjoyed this video 💜🐍

Yaaay! A feeding video! And babies! 😍

Just fed my new baby kingsnake for the first time today! Love the lil feisty guy already.

They look so cute 🥺💜

These Argentine Boa's are so angry at everything. Even their own caves!

So cute! Baby anything are adorable!

Congrats! They’re so cute!

It's so strange to think back to the videos in your kitchen and now you guys are blooming with the zoo and shop! I wish I was able to purchase a snake but unfortunately in Australia so have to settle for a teeahirt 😅

Love to see the babies and not me trying not to snicker too much about bird poop frogs.

20:15 Imagine selling frog spray. Like, "essence of frog" in a misting bottle

Love seeing the babiessss!!

Turns out, Drop Fed Frozen Thawed Fuzzies is actually reeeeeally difficult to say and yet Emily is just over here saying it like 27 times in a row with zero effort 😲 that's impressive!

I love watching snakes eating and it was especially fun this time around with the hatchlings! I remember when Emily would do feeding Fridays wayyy back, I would look forward to those videos the most 🥹 I’m still so amazed and proud of how far Snake Discovery has come!! Much love to Emily and Ed

Goodness. I'm glad I'm not the only one going through this. Have gotten 2 out of 3 babies to eat. Third baby has refused twice now.

I love baby snakes!!! They so cuteee

The frogs look so done hehe

I'm so glad ducks aren't as picky as snakes.

I've been waiting so long for this video!!! Thank you!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

I look forward to you guys posting and when you do it makes my day. Tysm 😊

That banana mouth python is really cute

ughhh, boas are SO stunning!!!! especially in the sun😍

So many precious baby noodles! So cute!

babiesss 💚💚 i love watching them eat.

A tip I learnt with feeding Balls in general because they prefer warm food is to dip the head in hot water for a few seconds it also helps with aiming for the food My males were picky for a few months cause we love ball pythons and dipping the head works so well if they turn their nose up the first time I offer it to them

@snakediscovery @emily I love the video! I’m no professional but my personal BPs do not like wet mice or rats! The thing that has always worked for me was putting the mice in a sandwich bag before putting it in the water to thaw! I hope you see this ❤️❤️

18:38 I'm no frog specialist, but I don't think these frogs enjoyed their pinkie " skincare spa day"

Love a baby snake update😍😍

I love that the frogs don't care that they're being caressed by the body of an unalived rodent. 😁

Another video another smile

This is by far my most interesting part of the process!

Frozen thawed frog legs worked for me with this species. The boas that is. Never kept a ball.

I appreciated this; you guys are experts, and if you have trouble it's a big eye-opener for newbies like me.

I love getting updates on the babies after they hatched! You should do that more often. Maybe a shipping video showing how they are going to their new homes? Also I´d love to know how many babies you produced in total this year.

Oh, they’re also cute

Still super weird seeing y’all work with ball pythons 🤣 But definitely love it since that’s the species I have 💖 The baby falsies are sooo cute🥹

Gerbils work amazingly well for fussy ball pythons, even scenting f/t rats or mice with gerbil bedding generally works

Omg I'm in love all the babies

I love baby videos but I definitely appreciate seeing the hard work y’all put into caring for the animals 😊!

I’ve found that drying the thawed mice first makes the mice more appetizing

When I worked at a pet store in my town I was in charge of feeding the snakes and all of the ball pythons we had wouldn’t eat. I cant really even recall a ball python eating ever on its own and I worked there for over a year. If they hadn’t ate in a month than we would force feed them. We tried everything with live and frozen thawed and different ways of feeding too. Good luck with the ball pythons!

i love the “puppet faces” of the ball pythons

Those were some stubborn snakes bless them. I miss how interesting it was to feed my corn snakes when I had them and how proud I was of them each time they fed and shed! I do miss them!

Yay baby snake almost all of our fav:))

The frogs being rubbed must’ve been so confused 😂

I been looking for your RU-vid channel for ever so glad I found it

I love how all of there snakes are almost never head shy

I hope you guys do another video like this this year! I love this video so much

It was interesting watching the noodles babies reactions to food!

OMG I LOVE YOU! I HAVE BEEN A FAN SINCE I WAS 7 ! ! ❤❤

I have never been this early!! 🫶❤️ Love your guys videos! You got me into snakes and I hope to own some in the future! I want a spicy bull snake 😂❤

Omg this was so cute! I love baby snakes!!! ❤ Truly adorable :) Edit: Isn't it just satisfying to watch the views & likes go up...

Omg!!!! I love babieeeesssss!!!!!!🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

The video is good, even though none of the baby snakes ate, it was still amusing to watch

Best channel ever 🐊🦎🐍🐢

Ed and Emily goes and feeds them*, ‘why you in my apartment?’ ‘It’s human scented should i eat 🤔’ ‘do You want to eat?’ They are all adorable My guess is 5-7 mices! I love you and you inspired me to get a bearded dragon. Not as close as a iguana because we don’t have them in Australia but thank you guys

I just love love this video. I dont like snake. But i have love them now because you have show me how sweet they are Thank you for that lovevthe babys .

Omg so cute!!

naming the bullsnake 'the worst' is so funny

I LOVE BABY BALLS THEYRE SO CUTE WHAT??!!

3:54 He sounds like a Minecraft zombie in the sun 😂