(UK) my corn snake is eating small mice what is the next size up
2007-01-17 05:40:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
i assume by "small mice" you mean baby mice, that are hairless. the next size up from that are young mice that have hair but aren't full grown. then its full grown adult mice, or baby hairless rats.
after that its young rats and then adult rats.
Choose according to the size of your snake's head. If the food is too small it can be hard for it to swallow, so always go for ones that are large enough that your snake has to stretch to get it down.
if its still hungry give it 2 or 3. As it gets older, as in a few years old, or slows down it's growth, start feeding it less. (eg a rat a week or fortnight in comparison to 2 a week) to prevent it from getting overweight.
2007-01-17 07:20:13 · answer #1 · answered by stuff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What size is your corn snake? My fully grown corn (4') eats 2 pre-killed mice every 14 days.
2007-01-17 05:44:50 · answer #2 · answered by mogwai_b4_midnite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your snake is eating newborn mice (without hair) these are called "pinkies". The next size up woule be "fuzzies" or "hoppers" depending on where you get them. Then would come adults, which are graded as "small adult", "medium adult", "large adult", and "jumbo". You can also feed rats which come in the same sizes as mice, but are almost the next larger size as a mice of the same size. (A "pinkie" rat is about the size of a "fuzzy" mouse.) At least this is what they're called in the US.
2007-01-17 12:33:40 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
size 3
2007-01-21 11:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by upforitupforitupforitupforitru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
larger mice, then small rats, then work up to big rats. and I'm not sure, but the next step from there would probably be cats?
2007-01-17 05:48:02 · answer #5 · answered by Speedbuggy43 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Big rats
2007-01-17 07:00:39 · answer #6 · answered by q8abat 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
um... medium mice
2007-01-17 05:49:24 · answer #7 · answered by countrygirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋