How do you feed your snake

[dragons24]

hi! i have just started and i wanted to know the best way to feed your snake.


-Cassie

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[crazyd82]

We feed our baby corn in the box that we brought him home in from petco. We put him in and then drop in a live pinky (he refuses f/t), close the box and leave home be for an hour or so.

 

[Candy001]

We are new to this too. My daughter is 8 nod has wanted a corn snake for awhile too.

We out our corn in a plastic critter cage to feed. We thaw the mouse in warm/hot water by placing the frozen mouse in a plastic baggy and then into the water. Once thawed, I use some tongs to dangle in front of our snake. She has been easy to feed in the 3 weeks we've had her. She goes for the mouse immediately if I put a cut in the mouse skin.... Seems to make it smelly.

Not sure what others do but that is working for us. Good luck.

 

[hypnoctopus]

All of my snakes eat frozen thawed mice, so I heat up the mice in hot water, put the snakes in each of their small feeding containers, and drop the mouse in. Sometimes I dangle the mouse in front of them with tongs and they will strike and coil around it.

Because your baby is new, I would feed him in the evening in a small container. Leave him alone with it in a nice dark, quiet place for about an hour without peeking. Baby corn snakes are often shy because they are prey to a lot of other animals in the wild. So for the first few feedings with you, he will probably want to feel completely alone and safe before he eats.

 

[Rigby & Marcy]

We out our corn in a plastic critter cage to feed. We thaw the mouse in warm/hot water by placing the frozen mouse in a plastic baggy and then into the water. Once thawed, I use some tongs to dangle in front of our snake. She has been easy to feed in the 3 weeks we've had her. She goes for the mouse immediately if I put a cut in the mouse skin.... Seems to make it smelly.

That sounds just fine to me!

 

[dragons24]

Thanks for the advice! It's really helpful right now because I am going to feed him tonight.

 

[GabbieJade]

Mine eat F/T as well...I throw them on the counter/sink for a couple hours to thaw, then dip them in hot tap water for a couple seconds each. Pit them on little glass feed dishes and set it in their viv. Not had 1 strike at me yet.

 

[snakegirl96]

We feed our babies in tubs outside their cage and my adult in a bag

 

[smigon]

In the viv. The adults get a mouse dangled by its tail in front of them doing the "zombie mouse dance" and they strike and I tug gently for a couple of seconds so they think it is alive and they coil and roll around with their prey. Very cute.

The babies get a pinky on a deli lid in the viv, I angle their nose at it, they usually latch right on but if not they know where it is when they are ready.

 

[smigon]

We feed our baby corn in the box that we brought him home in from petco. We put him in and then drop in a live pinky (he refuses f/t), close the box and leave home be for an hour or so.

Does he always refuse the F/T? Have you tried boiling/braining it?

 

[crazyd82]

We tried a bunch of different things to get him to eat. It went on for 2 months and was getting really skinny. Tried the live pink and he took it with no problems. Tried another f/t a week later and nothing. Put in a live pink a day later and he ate it. I think we got a picky one.

 

[smigon]

Yeah, some are like that. Good luck with him, maybe when he moves up in prey size he will take the F/T.

 

[dragons24]

No, he has only refused once, but we think he might be shedding soon.

 

[nciszd]

We have a picky snake too. We have to thaw the pinkies right in the water, no plastic bag or anything. He loves live, so we do mostly live. Took him 6 weeks to eat the first pinkie, but now he eats weekly