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Best thing to feed?

sacr3d bl0od

sacr3d bl0od

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What is the best thing to feed a baby corn snake that i'll approximate between 8-12 inches and is maybe about a pencil and a quarter thick what is the best thing to feed them and what do they mostly prefer to eat.
 
Feed mice that are at least the width of the snake at it's widest point. A more accurate way to feed would be to use the Munson plan, which is based on the weight of the snake. It's really good to invest in a digital scale.

-When they're on single pinks (2-3g), I feed every 5-6 days. (Snake = 4-15g)
-Double pinks (3g x 2) every 5-6 days. (Snake = 16-23g)
-Small fuzzies (5-7g) every 6-7 days. (Snake = 24-30g)
-Regular fuzzies (7-9g) every 6-7 days (Snake = 30-50g)
-Hoppers (9-12g) every 6-7 days (Snake = 51-90g)
-Weaned (14-20g) every 7 days (Snake = 91-170g)
-Adult (20-30g) every 7-x days (Snake = 170+) See below.

Note: Adult females are fed more frequently than adult males (especially following brumation). Adult females are fed every 7-12 days; adult males are fed every 11-14 days.

This is by no means scientific, and not all corns will cooperate 100% with the schedule. The weight ranges I gave for the prey and snakes are approximate.
 
i was thinking more of a way to make her attracted to the food more maybe like a scent of an anole to make her eat it.
 
sacr3d bl0od said:
i was thinking more of a way to make her attracted to the food more maybe like a scent of an anole to make her eat it.
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Most of them will readily take f/t pinkies.

Is she being offered pinkies & refusing?
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sacr3d bl0od said:
What is the best thing to feed a baby corn snake that i'll approximate between 8-12 inches and is maybe about a pencil and a quarter thick what is the best thing to feed them and what do they mostly prefer to eat.
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the answers are directed towards that question. If you have a hatchling that is being a picky eater, then there are various ways to try to get them to eat.

If this is a hatchling you have yet to get, first thing you need to do is leave it alone for a week, to allow it to adjust to being in a new place. Then offer it a f/t pinkie, & if/when it eats, leave it alone to digest for 2-3 days. If it refuses, do not try to offer again for at least 5 days.
 
nwheather said:
Most of them will readily take f/t pinkies.

Is she being offered pinkies & refusing?
Your initial post just said
the answers are directed towards that question. If you have a hatchling that is being a picky eater, then there are various ways to try to get them to eat.

If this is a hatchling you have yet to get, first thing you need to do is leave it alone for a week, to allow it to adjust to being in a new place. Then offer it a f/t pinkie, & if/when it eats, leave it alone to digest for 2-3 days. If it refuses, do not try to offer again for at least 5 days.
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Agreed. :) This is what I would do
 
see its not that she refuses i just want to know what else can be fed because i dont think she prefers the pinkies because she will only touch them once the pinkies have been gutted and even then she is reluctant. And i've left her alone for days with no handling or trying to feed, ive also tried pinky in box with her in a dark area.
 
At that size, only mice pinkies will even be of size.

When it's older, I recommend a mix of mice and rats.
 
sacr3d bl0od said:
see its not that she refuses i just want to know what else can be fed because i dont think she prefers the pinkies because she will only touch them once the pinkies have been gutted and even then she is reluctant. And i've left her alone for days with no handling or trying to feed, ive also tried pinky in box with her in a dark area.
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If you try to offer other items like lizards or different types of rodents, you run the risk of the snake only eating the lizards or other rodents (like ASF's, for example) & they may not be easy to come by.
I would stick with offering the pinkies, & move up to adult mice, as the snake grows. If the baby is being picky, there's several options you can try to get them to eat the pinky, such as washing the pinky before feeding, lizard scenting, etc. Once they start eating regularly, they are usually good about eating mice every time.
Adult mice are the largest sized prey you want to feed an adult corn snake, or you run the risk of a corn snake that is over weight.

Great books for you to read:
"Cornsnakes: The Comprehensive Owner's Guide" by Bill & Kathy Love
"Cornsnakes in Captivity" by Don Soderberg
 
sacr3d bl0od said:
see its not that she refuses i just want to know what else can be fed because i dont think she prefers the pinkies because she will only touch them once the pinkies have been gutted and even then she is reluctant. And i've left her alone for days with no handling or trying to feed, ive also tried pinky in box with her in a dark area.
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Try dipping the pinky in chicken broth, work on a few of mine.
 
I have one that will eat but is very slow. His record is 1 hour 25 minutes after I put the pink in he struck and ate lol. They can be little buggers as long as she is eating she is eating. Not all of them go at the mice with gusto, some like to think they are delicate creatures that deserve better lol. I would not worry about it, she will grow out of it just be patient.
 
I think a baby quail is the right size and if i remember correctly, they have good amount of protein and other goodies as well as almost the same amount of fat (a little less). Don't quote me, i think i read it on rodent pro. I don't know if they readily take quail or anything. Just throwing it out there for others to share their insight on. Again, i don't know much about it
 
for a hatchling i am pretty sure a baby quail is still to large, and no i am not under estimating them. I say this because a baby quail is larger, by almost triple, then a pinky.
 
Well i don't know what kind of quail they sell but when i raised quail, the egg was a little smaller than a quarter, and the chick wasn't much bigger than that and a pinky is a little bigger than a quarter. But i guess it depends on the type of quail

We raised Bobwhite Quail
 
Small Quail
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Pinky
Sorry that it is small, it is all i could find with a hand in it
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Bobwhite quail babies are too big sadly but button quail might work after it gets to double pinks, have to be 1 day old or fresh hatched though.
 
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