Originally posted by Tiah
Thank you for the advice. The pinky, right now is under the heat lamp, with the snake. The snake still has no intrest in him. How do I take care of a pinky with no supplement, and no dropper/syreinge? ALL the petshops are closed today since its a holiday what in the heck do I do?
You do not want to feed pet milk, you will need to buy Lactose free human baby milk, soy milk. I would suggest taking the baby out from under the heat lamp as you can badly injure it's skin by burning him from the heat. Do you have a heating pad? The would work much better. Put the baby in a tupperware container and line the bottom with a towel, then set the heating pad underneath. Set the pad on either low or medium, just enough to make sure the inside bottom on the container is heated. That is sufficient heat to keep it alive.

I use a small syringe (sp?) and suction up some milk. I mix the milk with equal parts water (use condensed) and suck it up into the syringe. Turn on your faucet and warm it up from the heat of the warm water. It should only take a couple of minutes to warm it up to room temperature. Hold the baby with your left hand between your thumb and finger, and with the other hand take the syringe and dab (be careful not to get milk in the baby's nose! If you do keep a cloth handy for clean ups) a tiny drop of milk onto the baby's mouth. The baby should stick out it's tongue and lick the milk and swallow it. Since the baby is most likely dehydrated you can also add a little plain pedialyte to the milk for the first two feedings. Switching milk can make the little guys dehydrated. So just dab a little milk onto his mouth and he should eat it. Do this until you can see a white area in the baby's tummy, called a milk band. Once there is a clear milk band visible you can stop feeding the baby and stimulate it to go to the bathroom.

You will need a warm damp cotton ball or q-tip. Rub the genital area until the baby goes potty. You will see if he urinates because the cotton ball will turn yellow. They don't poop much, so it will look like a little brown speck of dirt. After you are done with this you can set the little guy down for awhile to sleep. Make sure you keep him/her away from drafts to avoid chills. Depending on how old the pinkie is you will need to feed it every 2 to 4 hours. You just need to keep a visible milk band in sight and keep him warm and you should be OK.

It's a hard job but it can be done. I've done it plenty of times!