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Baby corn won't eat

C

care-beare

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Hello,

I have a baby female corn snake who is about 2 weeks old. When i bought her the breeder said she ate the wednesday before. I tried feeding her a frozen pinky the next wednesday and she did not eat. I then tried another frozen one on saturday; again nothing. I called the breeder and he said to try a live pinky. She is in the small deli container she came in now, with the live pinky and is showing no interest.

Should I be concerned? How should I proceed if she has not eaten it by tomorrow?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
 
As I said in the other area:

First, are all your temps good? (about 85F on warm side is good, and about 75F on cool side.) Do you have plenty of hides on both the warm and cool ends?
 
The temp is a little over 80 on the warm side. and is 70 on the cold. and i have a coconut for the heating and a little half a Kleenex box on the cold side and she can burrow if she wants.
 
I think your temps are too cool, also try switching which side the coconut is on if she prefers it as corns spend most of their time on the cool side usually going to the warm to digest. My second concern is how young this snake is. How many times did it shed with the breeder? If it only ate once for them then I do not think it is ready to have gone to a new home and you have a lot of work ahead of you. When I have hatchlings I won't even offer them for sale before reaching 15 grams weight and having shed at least twice, as well as eating well for me. That is alot older than 2 weeks old. In fact from what I can remember they do not even have their first shed until 10 to 14 days old and that is when they should first be fed. . .
 
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