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I just got 2 more snakes!!! Need info.

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reptile_addict

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Hello, I just bought a new yearling corn and a c.b.b. blood pythom. They went for an hour car ride and are now in there new homes(Sterilite tubs). How long should I wait to offer food? I have the appropriate size mice here. I was told the blood eats rats and don't know about mice. Should I scent the mice with rats for the feeding? Thanks. I will post pics asap when my camera gets working.
 
reptile_addict said:
thanks, Any more oppinnions?
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I would wait until at least the end of this weekend. Give the guys a little time to settle in. As far as the blood python, can you get rats for them by this weekend? I would keep to what he is used to eating.
 
Well as far as scenting your food you should not have to. I was also wondering how bit the python was.

A yearling corn should be feed a Pinkey every 5-7 days, you move up the feeding chart depending on the thickness of your snake. I go by food being 1 to 1 1/2 times thicker than my snake (but no larger than that) I have just been in a forum about feeding and we think it is better to feed your snake frozen mice, because they cannot harm him/her.

Also if your snake rejects it’s feeding you can brain the mouse, which you do to a dead pinkey. You take a needle and poke a hole in its head letting the blood and juices run out. A snake will not reject that.

Last I with caging or housing, you can house a corn in a 20-30gallon tank its whole life. I’m not too sure about a python though

Hope I could be of help
Mangrove :cool:
 
Mangrove said:
Well as far as scenting your food you should not have to. I was also wondering how bit the python was.
A yearling corn should be feed a Pinkey every 5-7 days, you move up the feeding chart depending on the thickness of your snake. I go by food being 1 to 1 1/2 times thicker than my snake (but no larger than that) I have just been in a forum about feeding and we think it is better to feed your snake frozen mice, because they cannot harm him/her.
Also if your snake rejects it’s feeding you can brain the mouse, which you do to a dead pinkey. You take a needle and poke a hole in its head letting the blood and juices run out. A snake will not reject that.
Last I with caging or housing, you can house a corn in a 20-30gallon tank its whole life. I’m not too sure about a python though

Hope I could be of help
Mangrove :cool:
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This would be good, if it were accurate.

Sorry Mangrove, but you're giving bad advice. Yearling corns should be well past pinkies. At least on very large fuzzies, should probably be on hoppers. All snakes grow at different rates, but the '04 Cubed Stripe I just picked up is a good 18" or so, and some of my other ones are smaller.

The cubed stripe will get a big pinkie next week, and then probably fuzzies after that, while my other '04s are still on regular sized pinks.
 
my other 04 is 23"+ and eating large fuzzies. He will eat them when there eyes open but those seam kinda big. I know the lize cages. I'm not new to this. The blood will probably just be fed a rat then. He is as big around as a pop bottle lid. Not sure on the length yet. He is c.b.b. and nice. I will feed him a live rat for the next 3 feedings then try f/t
 
Joejr14 said:
This would be good, if it were accurate.

Sorry Mangrove, but you're giving bad advice. Yearling corns should be well past pinkies. At least on very large fuzzies, should probably be on hoppers. All snakes grow at different rates, but the '04 Cubed Stripe I just picked up is a good 18" or so, and some of my other ones are smaller.

The cubed stripe will get a big pinkie next week, and then probably fuzzies after that, while my other '04s are still on regular sized pinks.
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Oh I'm sorry about that I was thinking hatchling and I misread the question, real sorry about that and hope I didn’t cause any confusion...
 
good news. thought I'd leave a f/k mouse with each for a few hours. both ate the mice!!! I gave the blood another 3 sieberian hamsters and he contricted all but ate 1 of them + the mouse. I will get pics asap!!!
 
Also remember that braining a pinkie does not work all the time. Most of us have had those few stubborn feeders that just won't eat. I'd say everytime I resorted to brainging a pink, inly about 50% of them actually ate it.

If I were you, feed the blood python a large mouse or a very small rat. Either will do, and you shouldin't have to scent them. If he's only about as thick as a pop bottle cap, then rats might be a little too big for him. Python skin is very elastic, but you don't want to push either of them into feeding big time just yet. Offer them smaller meals just to see if there is any interest. They are stressed, so a big feed may cause more problems than you need.
 
I've stoped braining my mice, but instead use the 3 slit on the back idea to brilliant effect (thanks Connie I have been saving my own records :eats02: ). It does the same job if the slit just under the neck goes a little deep.
 
I slit my mice too. I'll be measuring again soon to see growth rate, and weighing them as well. Then I'm going to compare to the growth on my other two. Especially to my big amel. He's been a monster grower and I didn't slit mice for him. Still don't. Darn sucker is huge already!!
 
reptile_addict said:
I still brain pinks and fuzzies for my other 04's. They like them brained more.
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I'm not one to argue with other peoples' feeding methods because hey, if they eat, then they eat. However, be carefule about this. They may not eat anything BUT brained pinks, fuzzys. and later mice. This may cause a problem for you if you plan to breed. Sometimes feeding problems are hereditary, and the resale value of a corn that will eat only brained pinks (or maybe not at all) no matter what morph, is very low.

Meg, I think that since we got that newletter, almost everyone has at least tried that method. I am even conducting my own experiment and am getting great results.

The method of slitting the skin is not to induce feeding though, thats what most people don't understand. It is not like braining. It is perforationg the skin so that the snake spends less energy digesting the skin (which is the largest organ) so they can benefit more from the nutrients.
 
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