i just got a baby corn snake and (he/she?) is very nice and very un-shy (if that is a word) when i got it they said they fed her on wenesday. they fed it live pinkie mice and said to feed it again on monday wich is today and i bought it a live pinkie mouse (what it was eating befour) and it is now even kinda scared of iti try to offer it nose to nose but i know the mouse will only last till tomorow and i dont just want to kill itand throw it away and have it not usefull any more i know they can go like a month without food but i want to make it comforatable and i want it to grow fast so it seems i should feed it every 5 days. please tell me what i am doing wrong and tell me what to do please!
2007-10-01 15:13:59 · 6 answers · asked by blbkid 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Just freeze the pinkie and warm it up in hot water for a while before wiggling it in front of her with tweezers in a couple days. Your snake is not hungry right now. Over feeding can cause aggresion in these guys, so be careful.. It will reach full size no matter how slow it grows. You can have her sexed by an experienced handler. Take her to a local exotics shop. Also, the best feeding schedule is once a week, and DON'T feed when she's getting ready to shed. The eyes/skin will get a bluish haze to them, and she may bite in confusion because she can't see properly. Also, save the first skin as a comparion for how much the snake grows.. it's cool!
2007-10-01 15:20:54 · answer #1 · answered by Zephyr is the Shiznik 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I agree with the last answer. You need to give your snake a little time to settle in. Place it in a small tub, put the pinky in and close the lid to give it time to find the pinky on it's own. Your big fingers in front of the face might be a little intimidating. You can cool, then freeze the pinky you bought. Heat it up in hot water and dry well. Then place in the container. Most cornsnakes will take frozen/thawed readily. Feeding every 5 days while it's on pinkies is fine. Once it's transitioned to fuzzies, once a week is sufficient. Creating excessive growth thru over feeding is called power feeding and is detrimental to the snake's health. There is nothing wrong with feeding thru the blue cycle. The snake might or might not eat. Sometimes they go off food a week or two before shed. Most of mine will eat even in deep blue phase, but a few won't and I've learned not to offer food at that time to those. The site link provided is an excellent one and there is a great FAQ section there that might answer many of your questions. You can also use the search function and type in key words to look thru archived posts.
2007-10-02 06:07:38 · answer #2 · answered by gallianomom2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to give her time to settle into her new home. 3-5 days minimum. Feed her in a small container, like a rubbermaid container. You may have to leave her in it overnight. If she doesn't eat, wait 4-5 more days, then try again. You might end up wasting a few pinkies while she settles in, there's not much you can do about that. I only use frozend/thawed prey. I'd recommend you go to the corn snake forums and do a search on feeding problems as they offer a ton of tips and hints for feeding, but don't panic just yet. If she was feeding well for the breeder, she'll probably do fine. Look up the Munson plan for feeding. You don't want to power feed and make her grow too quickly--that is not healthy for them. Make sure your setup is correct--under tank heating pad set to 85F, water bowl, 2 hides (one on cool side, one on warm side), correct substrate such as aspen.
http://cornsnakes.com/forums/
2007-10-01 22:24:49 · answer #3 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
sounds to me like you should wait another week and then try again to feed it. It's a baby right just give it another week to see if it will eat then. Are the eyes geting cloudy, if so then it's getting ready to shed it's skin, and it won't eat till it does. This also means it's growing.
2007-10-01 22:23:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it may be stressed out and if its eyes have gone a milky grey colour it is about to shred so they get very moody at this time
2007-10-02 14:41:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kill the darn snake,..outa misery!
Spare the poor pinkie,.. mousie will be a BETTER pet!
2007-10-01 22:19:25 · answer #6 · answered by deltadawn 6 · 0⤊ 7⤋