-
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.
corns eat crickets?
- Thread starter predaza
- Start date
8Corn*Freak8
New member
No corns cannot eat crickets. I also heard that some pet stores will tell u they eat crickets too but they do not and they should never be fed crickets. Just stick to mice and if they arent eating then u can put a small hole in the head of the pinkie and sqeese out some of the brains and smear it on its head so the scent will be strong and leave it in a dark enclosed container over night. (I know it sounds nasty but it does work) 
hockeystop
New member
A corn snake can eat a lizard (anole), If you are looking for an alternative to mice. They will not eat crickets. I have also heard that corn snakes that are reluctant to eat a common mouse pink will eat a deer mouse pink.
I have had some success using a product called "lizard maker" on a pinkie. Liquid scent of a lizard that you put on a pinkie.
I have had some success using a product called "lizard maker" on a pinkie. Liquid scent of a lizard that you put on a pinkie.
suthernsnail
New member
that's a new one !
a deer mouse pinkie may i ask what is that ? i mean i guess it's a pinkie duh on my part ,but what makes them different and where can u find them.? also the lizard scent never heard of that either . i live in fl. and there are lizards all over the place wild. i'd never feed one to my snake though one because of parasites and 2 because i like the little buggers . i've had them sit on my arm and just stare at me like i'm a nutcase as i talk to them . bye gail
a deer mouse pinkie may i ask what is that ? i mean i guess it's a pinkie duh on my part ,but what makes them different and where can u find them.? also the lizard scent never heard of that either . i live in fl. and there are lizards all over the place wild. i'd never feed one to my snake though one because of parasites and 2 because i like the little buggers . i've had them sit on my arm and just stare at me like i'm a nutcase as i talk to them . bye gail
CornCrazy
What's one more???
Deer mice are wild mice. Other wild mice often work, also. I do agree with not feeding wild caught prey because of the parasite issue. I also believe in doing everything possible to get a little one to eat, though. I will try every method available before resorting to wild caught prey.
If lizards are fed as an alternative, it can get QUITE expensive. Where I live, anoles are about $9.00 each. It is best to try to start them on mice. If I have to use lizards, I typically try scenting the pinky with them so I do not have to actually feed the lizards to the snakes.
If lizards are fed as an alternative, it can get QUITE expensive. Where I live, anoles are about $9.00 each. It is best to try to start them on mice. If I have to use lizards, I typically try scenting the pinky with them so I do not have to actually feed the lizards to the snakes.
kathylove
Pragmatic & Logical
Deer mice can be difficult to find.
They are not as prolific, so I raise just a few. I find that hatchlings refusing regular pinks after the usual tricks (live, f/t, brained, cut in half, cup feeding, etc) will often take a regular pinkie that has been buried in dirty shavings from the deer mice for about 15 minutes! So you don't need the actual deer mice pinks themselves (usually). I have been thinking of selling the dirty shavings, lol! (talk about recycling!)
Groups of friends or herp society members in a partiuclar locality could get together and just one of them keep a small deer mouse colony for this reason. BTW, you could also try pinks or bedding scenting from hamsters, gerbils, rats, or any other rodent for variety to see what works.
They are not as prolific, so I raise just a few. I find that hatchlings refusing regular pinks after the usual tricks (live, f/t, brained, cut in half, cup feeding, etc) will often take a regular pinkie that has been buried in dirty shavings from the deer mice for about 15 minutes! So you don't need the actual deer mice pinks themselves (usually). I have been thinking of selling the dirty shavings, lol! (talk about recycling!)
Groups of friends or herp society members in a partiuclar locality could get together and just one of them keep a small deer mouse colony for this reason. BTW, you could also try pinks or bedding scenting from hamsters, gerbils, rats, or any other rodent for variety to see what works.
Spitfire
Snakeless
Nine dollar anoles?!?!? Are you serious! Man, I live by a swamp and find millions of em roaming around my backyard. I caught two just today. People would think you're crazy selling anoles for nine dollars a piece. And how big are we talking, the ones round here are about two to three inches not counting tail. Just to make sure, the following pic is an anole, right?CornCrazy said:
Attachments
Skye
New member
yes Spitfire they look like green anoles (Anolis caroliensis) to me.
$9 does seem a lot in terms of how common they are, but very cheap in terms of a pet animal. Online you can buy feeder and pet grade anoles, but most petstores will only sell the pet grade ones. Feeder grade ones aren't worth the effort to most stores to look after them, and they don't look in as good shape and so are not very aesthetically pleasing to have on display.
When I bought some for pets (yes, I have pet anoles) they were about $4 each, but buying feeder grade ones in bulk I can get them for $2 each. Last year I just had a bunch in a planted 30 gallon viv, and the eggs they laid hatched in the same viv, and I just pulled out the hatchlings for my non-feeder corns.
Skye
$9 does seem a lot in terms of how common they are, but very cheap in terms of a pet animal. Online you can buy feeder and pet grade anoles, but most petstores will only sell the pet grade ones. Feeder grade ones aren't worth the effort to most stores to look after them, and they don't look in as good shape and so are not very aesthetically pleasing to have on display.
When I bought some for pets (yes, I have pet anoles) they were about $4 each, but buying feeder grade ones in bulk I can get them for $2 each. Last year I just had a bunch in a planted 30 gallon viv, and the eggs they laid hatched in the same viv, and I just pulled out the hatchlings for my non-feeder corns.
Skye
Skye, it looks like your anole is sitting on the edge of it's tank. I used to have anoles, but I was ALWAYS terrified of them getting out. I hated feeding them because I'd have to open up the little feeding door. They'd look at me so intelligently and I was petrified. Aren't you afraid yours will jump/run away? They're so fast.
Skye
New member
yes you can feed them out frozen thawed, or you can just keep one frozen one in the freezer to use for scenting pinkie mice, and re-use it.
no, they aren't poisonous, yes they are very fast, they are quite cheeky, yes they will bite but it is more of a pinch, they do lose their tails in a self-preservation mechanism
he was sitting on the edge of the tank; it was tank moving day so we let him have the view from the top. I'm pretty used to catching them!
Skye
no, they aren't poisonous, yes they are very fast, they are quite cheeky, yes they will bite but it is more of a pinch, they do lose their tails in a self-preservation mechanism
he was sitting on the edge of the tank; it was tank moving day so we let him have the view from the top. I'm pretty used to catching them!
Skye
galaxip
New member
I'd guess so! If you let 'em out like that you'd have to be!
I keep a special Glad tupperware container and a piece of cardboard from a cereal box for catching them when they get in the house. It works very well. Then I always release them outside.
For fun, outside, I sometimes grab them barehanded, but I am not as fast as once I was, and I am pretty paranoid about not wanting to pop their tails off. My brother can catch 'em in his sleep, seems like. He's quick.