Curious about natural feeding habits

[JeffDenver]

I am just curious...what do baby corn snakes eat in the wild?

I mean, I cant imagine that baby mice are easy to find or plentiful enough that baby snakes can stumble across them. And I have been told they dont eat insects...what do baby corn snakes eat in the wild?

 

[Bartholomew]

I'm pretty sure they have their ways....

 

[vetusvates]

Most research for young corns will lead you to a variety of things, Anolis carolinensis being at the top of the list.

 

[airenlow]

Only about 20% of wild corns live to be a year old. So, most don't find much food...or they become food for somebody else.

 

[ShenziSixaxis]

Anoles, other geckos/lizards that are small, toads/frogs.. maybe even fish. If they happen upon a nest of mice, they will stuff themselves with as many as they can.

 

[JeffDenver]

Baby corn snakes can eat geckos and anoles? I thought they would be way too big to swallow.

 

[bfreewally1]

Mostly anoles here in s. fl. Theirs lots of them here. All different sizes too..

 

[KingCrimson<3]

I love green anoles. I had a colony growing up, a male and 3 females. I got the boy as a baby, really tiny and he became the friendliest darned thing. I used to open the screen lid and he would run up to my hand and jump onto my arm and hang out on my shoulder. I even used to bring him to school. He never ran away and always stayed against my skin. It was weird since everyone says anoles never get used to people.
I think if I ever end up with any difficult feeders, I'll start up another anole colony and use live ones to scent pinkies. They're pretty low maintenance and so cool to look at.

 

[bfreewally1]

We have an invasive species of anole`s here in S. florida called the cuban knight anole. The are green and get up to a 12 inches long.. I haven`t seen any this yr. The cold spells this winter might have kill them off. Also all the iguanas that were here are all gone.

 

[Buzzard]

Most research for young corns will lead you to a variety of things, Anolis carolinensis being at the top of the list.

Lol. It had to be lizard porn.

They also eat other baby snakes. Wild snakes often grow slower than captive snakes.

 

[vetusvates]

Lol. It had to be lizard porn.

They also eat other baby snakes. Wild snakes often grow slower than captive snakes.

Well, I was trying to convey that anoles, from hatching to adulthood, provide the hatchling corns with an almost infinite variety of appropriately sized prey items....small to large. :laugh:

Note, Josh's statistics on snakes in the wild is also an excellent point in the big scheme of things, regarding captive bred species versus populations in the wild.

 

[JeffDenver]

One thing I learned about snakes only now, is that not all snakes have fangs.

 

[vetusvates]

One thing I learned about snakes only now, is that not all snakes have fangs.

Jeff, the road is long...but you are clearly on the right path.