• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

Corn ate pinky while it was still alive

S

Saml8

New member
I picked up a few pinkys that had been "pre-killed" with co2... got them home and one was still alive :awcrap: so I fed that one to my snake however she did not constrict it, just ate it while it was alive. Besides that being a bit difficult to watch should I be concerned that it was still alive?
**because she is 23 grams I went ahead and fed her a second pinky that was pre-killed.
 
12 of my 15 corns I had gotten when they were young. They had to learn how to constrict. They went from eating them live to whipping the prey around the tank then to progressed to constricting. I've tested 10 of mine on rats (pinks and pups). Every single one of them got confused and just ate it live without constricting.
 
I really don't know what the fascination is with corns constricting their prey. The most important thing is that your corns eat, period. Forget about constricting and if you are going to worry, make it over something important. I have two adult males and seven females that never constrict. Why should they, the prey is dead, not fleeing. If you want to induce constricting, offer your frozen thawed warmed, and with tongs. Let the corn approach the mouse but keep moving it away until the corn strikes and grabs it. Usually they constrict the mouse, or will eventually.
 
Wasn't worried over not constricting just wasn't sure if I should be concerned that she swallowed it still kicking.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top