I fed both of my corns about 4 days ago, and I fed them mice that were a little bigger than the pinkies that they have been eating. When I bought the snakes at a show, I bought frozen pinkies, and all of them were pretty small, with the exception of like four mice, which seem about 1.5 times bigger... so they are not bigger by too much, but still bigger than what they had been eating. My two corns are 2002 yearlings, so I know they can handle the size of those mice just fine. My question lays in that I can still see the lump in the bellies of the two snakes, whereas it never seemed to be evident long after eating when I fed them the pinkies. Is this normal? They have not regurgitated or anything, and they eat just fine... I am new to corn snakes, and so I just want to make sure that they handled the meal just fine. Thanks.
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Question about mouse size
- Thread starter NCSUjle
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I think that I have noticed that the bigger mice take longer to digest. I especially noticed the difference between feeding pinkies (which must dissolve almost instantly 
) and feeding fuzzies. The fuzzies appear to cause my 02 guy to have a belly bulge for 3 days, where with three pinkies it was less than 2 days. This is with the same temperatures and he is very good about staying warm.
) and feeding fuzzies. The fuzzies appear to cause my 02 guy to have a belly bulge for 3 days, where with three pinkies it was less than 2 days. This is with the same temperatures and he is very good about staying warm.