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Whats the biggest prey item a full grown corn will eat?

I know that I mean the biggest item I can expect my BCI to get on is Lrg rats and maybe a small bunny - guinea pig.
 
DeadIrishD said:
I know that I mean the biggest item I can expect my BCI to get on is Lrg rats and maybe a small bunny - guinea pig.
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Then what the heck is your question? Punctuation is your friend.
 
DeadIrishD said:
What can I expect to feed my corns when they are full grown? (ie small, medium or Lrg rats?)
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I think Cav's reply answered your question. There is so much variation in adult size that "full grown" is a difficult term to work with. Compounding this problem is the fact that they grow their entire lives if fed properly. Some corns may never exceed 400 grams. A 400 gram corn would probably eat large adult mice (or the rat equivalent). Obviously, a 1,000 gram corn can handle larger prey items.

The simple answer is probably: adult mice.
 
My amel, which is about 64" (give or take a few inches) will take small rats--->about 1 1/2 to 2 times the size of a full grown mouse. Although, I normally (usually) only feed him mice, I have just had surplus from my rat colony (I breed these for my ball python).
 
Yep, most corns will never get large enough to eat anything bigger than a small rat.
 
Yes, without a doubt. I have also noticed that rats tend to be harder for the snake to get down. I had some rats the same size as full grown mice, and it just seemed that it took more energy and effort to eat and then move the rat internally through the snake's body. I'm guessing it may have to do with thicker bones in rats (not sure though). I also feed live, and mice also seem to be safer (ie. less willing to fight back and they cause less harm if they do). So yes, you will be able to feed mice to your cornsnake for the rest of its life, and it will continually grow.
 
Is there any reason you feed live?

And I have always heard that rats had more nutrition, but seeing as they are not that fat (corns.) I didn't know what I'd be feeding them.

Thank-You for clearing that up with me :)
 
The biggest item I've ever fed a cornsnake... hmm... Well, my biggest male used to eat medium rats. I moved him back to adult mice/wean rats mostly for convenience's sake... plus he didn't really need that much food in one sitting.

-Kat
 
My biggest corns eat f/t large mice.
I couldn't feed rats, I have them as pets and they can be really great pets.

Also, I am not sure if this is right or not but I think slightly smaller meals closer together are more easily digested. I tend to feed smaller prey in the winter.
 
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