I just got a baby corn snake thats 8 or 9 inches about 2-3 weeks ago and he eats pinkys about 1 inch long,and I think he needs another pinky,and he shedded his skin once skin,so what should I do --- do you think he is old enough to have 2 pinkies at once???
2007-07-29 14:42:10 · 7 answers · asked by saphira_dlm 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Stick with a single pinkie about every 5 or 6 days for now. At only 8 or nine inches there is no rush to double up his food just yet. The pinkies should be about the same thickness as your snakes body. If they are noticeabley thinner then that then you can feed two. Let him grow a bit more, say to 10 inches and then you can consider two pinkies per meal.
2007-07-29 15:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by Thea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT try and feed him 5 pinkies a day like robertson said... and snakes shed more than once a year... i would continue feeding one pinkie every 5-7 days for the next month.. then try two pinkies..(let him swallow the first one all the way before feeding second one) watch him for 3-4 days.. if he doesnt regurge (throw up) then continue feeding him 2 pinkies every 10 days until he is big enough to move onto fuzzies (aka hopper mice) the mouse (or food) should be no bigger around than the biggest part of the snake
2007-07-29 15:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope...if hes only about 8 or 9 inches long then hes fine at 1 pinkie...u have to think...corn snakes dont get real fat so u dont want an obese corn snake cause it could kill it. now if it was a larger snake such as a python or a rat snake then ide say go ahead with another one but its a corn snake...of course a snake isnt gona turn down another one...but dont feed it more than it usually eats. just start feeding him mice the next size up like maybe a fuzzie then go to hopper then to adult mice
2007-07-31 04:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Tiffany S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My chum who's a technological know-how instructor had a crimson rat snake that could desire to easily no longer consume for a at a similar time as. sometimes it became simply by fact he became approximately to shed his dermis, wherein case his eyes all started looking milky and different situations, he became in basic terms on the element of hybernate. even although he became saved heat, the shortening of the days made him torpid and he does no longer consume for various months. Then whilst the days have been given longer, he could get extra energetic and commence searching for a manner out of his cage and we would understand he became waiting to consume back. they are able to choose for fairly some time without eating, yet i could furnish him a mouse now and then in basic terms in case he's hungry.
2016-10-13 01:49:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is still hungry u should just try it once it wont hurt it my sister has a corn snake but i think it is as big as they get im so scared of it
2007-07-29 22:23:48 · answer #5 · answered by ariel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A snake will only eat when his is hungry. You can have live mice running over them and if they are not hungry they will not bother them... So don't worry about feeding him more than he can eat. His shedding skin says he is growing, and they normally do that once per year..
2007-07-29 14:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
are pinkys mice? if so...feed him 5 a day
2007-07-29 14:51:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋