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Talane 08-07-2014 02:24 PM

Corn snakes and eggs
 
Is it alright to give an occasional chicken egg to an adult corn (like once a month)? And if so would it be better to let the egg warm up to room temp before giving it to them, or even making it a little warmer than that? Just something that crossed my mind today.

daddio207 08-07-2014 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Talane (Post 1657485)
Is it alright to give an occasional chicken egg to an adult corn (like once a month)? And if so would it be better to let the egg warm up to room temp before giving it to them, or even making it a little warmer than that? Just something that crossed my mind today.

HI :)
There is no benefit to feeding a corn snake chicken eggs.
Also
The corn snake would have to be HUGE and/or the chicken egg very small. An opportunistic corn snake might eat an egg in the wild but its not their common prey item.
There are lots of snakes that have a special anatomy to pop or crush a egg after swallowing it whole, some of which I keep, but corn snakes are not one of them. I don't bother since there is no additional nutritional benefit.

Talane 08-07-2014 03:43 PM

Gotcha, thank you very much! Are there any other food items besides feeder mice that can supplement a corn's diet?

daddio207 08-07-2014 04:06 PM

Feeder rats of course also you can get day old chicks from the frozen Mice/Rat suppliers like Big Cheese Rodents and Mice Direct.


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