Feeding & behaviour?

[Fauna]

Hey all,
My new boy, Shiro-who's age I don't know- got fed today. I feed on Mondays, this is only the second time I've fed him.

With clean hands, I tried to reach in and grab him, making sure he knew I was there and such, he stuck. He didn't get me, because I pulled away, but I let him calm down and then got him out.
I put him in the clean sink-where I've been feeding him- and dropped in the pinkie I had thawed out for him. He hit as soon as the pinkie hit the sink. It only took him about two minutes to get the pinkie down, maybe less. After that he started sniffing the bit of blood that had come out of the pinkie and then got into a striking position and made a biting motion towards me-no lunge though-. I finally got him back in his tank and now he's hiding. Poor baby is stressed from the ordeal.

I was just wondering if he was testy because he's hungry and if I should go from pinkies to fuzzies? Any tips/suggestions?

(just realised I accidentally posted this in the misc. discussions so I'm reposting here now!)





x-Misty

 

[EffingWaterBuffalo]

I'd honestly like to know the answer to this too, my baby has been extremely agitated these last few days and I was hoping to know if it was because instead of feeding him on Friday like normal we were going to feed him on Tuesday (because we will be out of town until sunday). My guess would be yes he's hungry but I'm curious what an expert has to say on this.

 

[Fauna]

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This is him, he's was loving this morning and enjoying being handled. His tank is at about 82 degrees.


x-Misty

 

[Fauna]

Hopefully we get an answer and our babies are fine!


x-Misty

 

[Fauna]

So, I asked my aunts husband, who keeps snakes and he feeds his corn, who's smaller than my boy, two pinkies, but said the fuzzies might be too big for Shiro still and suggested I also just use two pinkies until about two more sheds. I trust him, I just would like to hear other people's input as well.


x-Misty

 

[EffingWaterBuffalo]

So he thinks the aggression is hunger based?

 

[Fauna]

Yeah. I'm still hoping someone on here has some input.


x-Misty

 

[cjbage]

Best thing to do is get a scale that weighs out in grams. Most of us feed based on the weight of the snake and either use the Munson plan or a modified version of it. Without the weight of the snake I wouldn't give you a definitive answer on whether to move up in feeder or not.

 

[EffingWaterBuffalo]

Thats how I feed too, based on weight and a modified Munson plan. I was just curious if he was cranky cause we were waiting a few extra days to feed due to our vacation.

 

[cjbage]

Possibly. My adult acts a bit strange when I am a day late with his feeding. Like at the moment he pushed a huge area of aspen from around him and has his head propped up on the litter dam, every time I walk past his head pops up. he knows his mouse is on his plate thawing, and as soon as I open his door he's going to come out ready for it.

 

[Fauna]

Could you link me to a Munson plan? I have a scale and will weigh him as soon as I get home and post what it is![emoji4]


x-Misty

 

[cjbage]

http://www.bhbreptiles.com/main.aspx?Page=feedchart

This is the more aggressive version, I usually will wait to move mine up to the next size after a few grams higher then the minimum. I would rather feed slightly smaller prey then ones that are too big for the snake.

Disclaimer: the above link goes to a site with snakes for sale, I am not affiliated with them, this isn't an endorsement or anything. Just where I found the plan after Medusa's site went offline.

 

[Fauna]

Thank you much!


x-Misty

 

[Lightning]

I think this is a good discussion in this forum on the Munson Plan:

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136508