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Puck the rescue snake.

TwinBlades

TwinBlades

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so I've already posted how I got this snake, this will be a thread about his progress. I brought him home yesterday, and today he took a pinky, unfortunately it was a bit big for him as I couldnt get any smaller pinkies. hopefully no harm will come from it. here is a photo of him before he ate. :uhoh:
 

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In the future, if a pink is too big, cut it in half while still frozen. If he can't digest it before it rots inside him (if it's too big) he'll regurge it, and that's not a good thing at all.
 
thank you so much! i didn't know you could do that. I will chop his next feeding. I really hope he successfully eats this one. he's really small.
 
Just feed the one piece...With that small of a snake, I'd feed conservatively at first- a pink no bigger in diameter than the snake at his widest part. But it's okay to feed every 4-5 days.
 
after feeding

here's what he looks like now.
 

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That worries me. Doesn't he have a hide? Why is he out in the open? DO NOT DISTURB him at all until he either digests or reguritates that.

But- at least he's a good feeder!
 
he has two hides. this pic was taken when I moved him back into his viv from his feeding box. he didn't seem to mind and went right over to the warm zone hide and curled up to digest. no regurge, and I'm watching him closely
 
I just realized the title for this thread sounds like a super hero comic lol
is there a way to delete a thread and restart in another catagory? this will probably need to go to general chit chat at some point because I won't be new forever.:grin01:
 
oh geez! I second everything that nancie said about cutting his next meal in half length wise.. by the way you would want to do this while the pinky is still frozen, that way its blood and guts dont go all over the place. (that's no fun)

but yes, that's an amazing feeding response! he just about ate himself! (if he were all curled up!) he's a champ, best of luck to him on digesting his "big Mac meal of a mouse"!

aha, I hope this helps! :eek:
 
I would also just cut them on the feedeling day that way their insides wont be exsposed to the freezer. :)
 
poor thing jumped on it like a starving man on a steak. the place I got him from was trying to feed him crickets and meal worms!
 
awe.. I truly don't understand why so many people think corn snakes eat crickets
.. its beyond me. :(

but yes do keep us posted on this little guys progress! hes a fighter for sure.. :eek:
 
so far so good

still a sizable lump in his stomach. this photo was taken early this morning when I caught him sneaking out of his hide for a drink.
 

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Stubborn snake

Puck doesn't like his aspen bedding. he keeps leaving his warm hide and messing with his digestion because he doesnt like to burrow in the beeding inside it. so now I"ve changed his hide to a mopani wood chunk and made a little cave inside for him, with the aspen on the outside to insulate and get the right temp. now he doesnt have the aspen on him, and hopefully he will stay warm and finish his mouse without causing a regurge.
 
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