I am new to owning snakes and I have a baby cornsnake that is about 10 weeks (about 10 inches, pencil thin). The reptile store I bought her from said that they had been feeding her live pinkies and I have been trying frozen without success. I plan on giving her a live one on Monday from the reptile store. However, today at the Pet "Superstore", the reptile "trained" guy told me that baby corn snakes don't eat for the first 6 months, that they live off of the yolk! Could this possibly be true? Also, another feeding question, I've thought about trying to feed another thawed, frozen that I will "poke" the brain tonight, but want to know how long to leave her with a thawed pinkie. When does the pinkie start to decay and would be harmful for her to eat it after a certain time? Thanks for any advice and I'm sure to be posting often until I get this right.