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Hey all... erm I feel kinda embarassed about this, because I'm brand new here, and I don't have a clue if I'm doing it right or even if it's a stupid question or not... so my apologies in advance is it's wrong ok?

Well my two-week-old corn-snake, Sal, whom my dad and I bought on Friday, is really small... she's less than a foot long, and really narrow. Today, we've given her her first feed since she's been with us. It's a pinky, but it's way bigger than her head. I know Snakes can swallow large things whole and all, but I'm gettin' kinda paranoid here! I know she can't choke, because her wind pipe is always in he rmouth, but is she okay? She won't like explode when she's swallowing it? My imagination is very weird...

-Ssssssal.
 
The general rule is food items about 1.5x the size of the widest part of your snake..
 
Snakes are stretchy and can stretch their skin a long way to get around a large piece of food. The also dislocate their jaws at the sides and in the middle to make a big enough opening for the mouse to get down.

The rule is that the food item should be no more than 1½ times the width of the snake at the widest part.

This is my yearling sunglow motley as a baby (about 1 month old) with a 3 days old pink. It looks huge compared to her but it's a good sized meal.


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Hope this helped
 
Well if your very unsure about the mouse not fitting. Even though its probley fine. You can always cut it, into 2 pieces. Make sure its not a live mouse though. I do this for my newborn corns because I dont have mice pinkies on hand only rats. They generally eat both halves of the rat. Making the meal a nice size for them.
 
mouse size

here is a pix with my guy to show you just what they can fit in there.
 

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Brilliant... thanks guys.... really helpful, but she still hasn't eaten it yet *crosses fingers*. thanks!

PS: cool pic... I feel way better now.

-Ssssssal.
 
Bug22baby said:
Well if your very unsure about the mouse not fitting. Even though its probley fine. You can always cut it, into 2 pieces. Make sure its not a live mouse though. I do this for my newborn corns because I dont have mice pinkies on hand only rats. They generally eat both halves of the rat. Making the meal a nice size for them.
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A rat pink is an awfully big meal for a newborn corn. :)
 
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