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TiledZ

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hey! hello all!
Im new with corn snake.. in fact i juste bought my first one since 1 week. i gave him a little pinky 4 days ago.. he eat it well. It is normal he is a little agitated when i handle it? It is because he is young? Will he become more calm if i hadle it more or less??

Thanks!

Sorry my english, im french ;)
 
He will get more confident with age just put your hand in when he is exploring at night and he will eventually get to know you. You can speed up the process by putting a worn piece of clothing in for a week or so. That means he will get used to your sent quicker. I presume you know you shouldn't handle them for about 48 hours after a shed as this can bring about a regurge. If he is young then I would advise you handle for no more than 10 minutes a day and increase it slowly over time. If he ate the pinky really well than you could maybe give him to but I can't tell you for definite unless I know his size. Have you any pictures.

Your English is good by the way. I wish my french was as good.

Just out of interest how popular are snakes in France?
 
I meant you shouldn't handle for 48 hours after he ate not after a shed, sorry.

And it should be 2 not 'to' pinkys if he ate one fine.
 
Im not in France im in Quebec canada, son i dont know about the europe but here we dont see a lot of snake.

HEre some pic i jut take 10 minutes ago ;)

pinky.jpg

pinky2.jpg


Thanks for complimenting my english ;)
 
Nope sorry it still won't let me see them. Is it possible for you to open an account with photobucket.com it is free and by copying the IMJ link underneath your photo you can upload the directly onto this site.
 
Thanks for the two link.. good information.. and thanks for the compliment..! What you think abouthe the size.. i feed him with 1 or 2 pinkies?
 
TiledZ said:
What you think abouthe the size.. i feed him with 1 or 2 pinkies?
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The general rule is.... Feed a snake a food item no greater than 1 1/2 of the snake girth. So if the pinky is about the same width of the snake you could move up. First I would feed two pinky for a few feeding than one fuzzy or peach fuzzy at the next feeding. Is there a noteable lump left after feeding??
If not I say move up a size.

Good Luck :cheers:
 
I would agree with Lennycorn. It looks like your snake is still pretty small but it is somewhat difficult to tell from pictures. I think pinky sized looks about right but when you do move up to fuzzies it is good to do 2 pinkys at the same time for a few feedings.
 
Yeah I can see all pictures now it must have been a computer problem it is a lovely little snake.

I know it is hard for your first snake but you really will have to use your own judgement on feeding. To me it looks like it could maybe mange two but pictures can be decieving.
 
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