Corn woes

[bozoskeleton]

Hi all-

I'm sorry to say my corn has passed on. He hadn't been eating right and regurging almost every meal after about 4 days of feeding. I was even giving it mice that had been born that day so I know the meals weren't too large. Sad sad days..... Hope all is well with you guys.

Bryan

[kenalotia]

Sorry to hear that, Bryan. :(

[CornsnakeKeeper]

Sad news. Don't get too discouraged....

[Kevin M]

Sorry for your lose Bryan, Will you be getting another corn?

-Kev

[bozoskeleton]

Yeah I think I will get another one but maybe one that is a little older. Mine was not very old and I got him from a shady pet shop so I'll wait until the herp show on the 28th of April and maybe pick one up there. Thanks for the sympathy guys.

Bryan

[Jr Nimeskern]

sorry man... ya i would really recommend getting a older one... sometimes those young ones just wont take the food... but I think its sorta rare for a death... dont worry about the next one... theyll be alot betta... just keep on lovin

[lynn]

Sorry about your corn let us know if you get another.

[Warren]

Hey Bryan,

Sorry to hear about your loss! Keep in mind that even the biggest breeders around lose snakes from time to time. Like everyone has said, getting a subadult may be the thing. At least when you see one w/ good body weight you know it's been eating. I'm Glad to hear your not giving up!

L8r,
wc

[Iris]

I'm sure you'll have better luck getting one from a breeder at the herp show. Pet shops...well they don't exactly have a spotless, sparkly-clean reputation....
Good luck!

[bozoskeleton]

Thanks again... You've all been great.

Bryan

[Herper]

so sorry! i dont own a corn yet but may soon. i think i can uderstand how sad you feel. thnx for letting us know, we really care!

:eek:

[Serpwidgets]

Originally posted by bozoskeleton
Hi all-

I'm sorry to say my corn has passed on. He hadn't been eating right and regurging almost every meal after about 4 days of feeding. I was even giving it mice that had been born that day so I know the meals weren't too large. Sad sad days..... Hope all is well with you guys.

Bryan

Sorry to hear that. :(

For future reference, when a corn regurges you need to give it at least a week to recover its digestive juices. After the first regurge, it's not surprising that it couldn't hold down anything else for the next 3 days in a row.

[nicky]

so sorry to hear I hope you get anouther

[Simon]

really sad to hear your loss........hope that everything will go smoothly for you next time.

Good Luck and Happy Herping!

[absolutneil]

Sorry to hear what happened. Don't get discouraged. this is really not a common thing among corns. typically they are problem free.

make sure to get the corn snake manual to insure nothing like this happens again. You'll be fine.

keep on herping!

[bozoskeleton]

Yeah I've got the Corn manual. I really didn't think much was wrong. Once it spits its food back up I still waited until feeding day to feed again, just to keep it on schedule. Pretty soon here I'll have another one so hopefully it will be a better experience.

Bryan

[kellum]

Good luck. Keep us posted and post pics when you get a new corn.