How long can it go without feeding?

[rafasani]

I just got my first corn snake, a normal hatchling, it´s only 3 weeks old right now and has eaten once last friday (01/11)... I´m having troubles aquiring pinkies for her, and wanted to know how long can it go without feeding again??? I´m really consearned since it´s so young and all that...

[hediki]

they can go about a mounth or more, but you dont what to push it. have you tried online feeder sites? i have 2 on my site in the breeder section. my sites in my sig. hope i helped.

[rafasani]

I´m from brazil, there are no online feeder sites here...

[hediki]

i think http://www.rodentpro.com/ ships world wide, or you can start breeding your own mice. and do you have a pet store near were you live?

[JTGoff69]

Where did you buy the snake from? Most if not all breeders have feeder mice onhand. If you bought it from a pet store they had to have been feeding them somehow. I would ask where you got her from to sell you enough for a few weeks until you can get some shipped to you.

[rafasani]

The problem is that keeping snakes here is ilegal... I bought it from a friend who bred his female, he lives in a different state... I found a mice breeder, but as keeping snakes are not a common hobby here (being ilegal and all), they only will have small pinkies avaliable in about 5/7 days... I was thinking about starting my own mice breeding, and keep buying from them until I´m able to breed mine...

[rafasani]

i think http://www.rodentpro.com/ ships world wide, or you can start breeding your own mice. and do you have a pet store near were you live?

Thank you, I´ll have to check my country´s policies in importing this kind of product... Wouldn´t they unfroze during the trip?

[CAV]

Young snakes can go a lot longer than a month without eating. I've had several that have gone 8-10 weeks with little or no nurishment.

I doubt you will be able to import frozen feeders from the US. They will only remain hard frozen for 24-48 hours max. It would also be quite expensive to ship. Sounds like starting a breeding colony might be your best option. ;)

[rafasani]

yes, that´s what I´m going to do...
Anybody knows how many I would need to feed 1 snake?? I was thinking maybe 2 females and 1 male...

[hediki]

http://boakingdom.com/rodents.html this site tells you how to breed mice, and 2females and 1 male would do. and what you can do is kill the pinkies and freeze them for future and let the mice rest for a wile and so on.