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Old 04-09-2006, 05:54 PM   #11
jenkva
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Originally Posted by Albino Billy
I got your other post on heating and THANKS SO MUCH! Yeah, I didn't want to feed him on two different days BUT as I said, he refused the small rat (to me it was too big too but the pet store guy argued) So, when I gave him the rat pup, he gobbled it up and then took off to his hide. I didn't want to mess with him anymore because I didn't want him to regurgitate and it seemed like a snack instead of a meal (it was a smaller one and didn't even make a lump when he ate it) Sooooo... I let him have the second one in the early hours of the next morning. I won't do that again, promise, that was just to get his belly full. He has a very small head for being so long and thick in the middle. I think a breeder mouse would be a good size for him (1 1/2 times his head girth, right?)
Yeah, the pretty hides are for me, definitely, since he is in a large viv and where he can be seen in that room when you walk in, I wanted his home to look as nice as mine, hehehehe... But he does have his one box because it was such a perfect size and all the pretty hides at the stores are too small but for the one I got him.
Hi Holly!

Just a slight correction about the food item size, it should be x1.5 the width of the widest part of the snake, not the head as they dislocate their jaw ans you will be amazed by the size of the mice they eat!

I am including all the links I have so that you can have a look:
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28341
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28342
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/sh...?p=133428#post6
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17308

Here are also some websites which was recommended to me and some that I have myself found interesting and with good advice:
http://www.cornutopia.com/Corn%20Ut...0cornsnakes.htm
http://www.serpwidgets.com/Apps/apps.html
http://www.themousefactory.com/rates/rates.html
http://www.herpvetconnection.com/
http://www.moreptiles.com/cornsnake-lifecycle.htm
http://www.serpwidgets.com/Apps/apps.html

Also, here are some discussions about cohabitation so that you can make your mind up but be prepared as the last one is very graphic:
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23636
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23436
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26675
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18061
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31192

With regards to books, these are the ones that I heard the most about:
- "Corn Snakes : The Comprehensive Owner's Guide" by Kathy Love
- "The Art of Keeping Snakes" by Philippe De Vosjoli

I have both books and I really enjoyed reading them, they are really good!

By the way, your Billy is so handsome, you are so lucky to have found each other
 
Old 04-09-2006, 05:58 PM   #12
Albino Billy
Thanks, I think he is pretty handsome too. Ok, I thought it was the size of the head. I wonder why he didn't want that small rat then? He started to eat it, got just the tip of it's head in his mouth and spit it out.. If the girth of the middle of this guy is how it is, he should have had no problem eating that rat. Maybe he is just picky... LOL!
 
Old 04-09-2006, 06:14 PM   #13
jenkva
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Originally Posted by Albino Billy
Thanks, I think he is pretty handsome too. Ok, I thought it was the size of the head. I wonder why he didn't want that small rat then? He started to eat it, got just the tip of it's head in his mouth and spit it out.. If the girth of the middle of this guy is how it is, he should have had no problem eating that rat. Maybe he is just picky... LOL!
It could be several things.
How long after you took him home did you try to feed him? How long was it between you offering the rat and the rat pups?
If you tried to feed him as soon as you got him home or just a day or two after, he could have been stressed and needed to be left alone to settled for while.
If he got the head and then spat it out, maybe he was disturbed by something (?). When I first got mine, a small movement would make her back away from the food and if she was already eating, she would just stop until she was satisfied that it was safe to continue.
I don't think that there was something wrong with the food itself otherwise he wouldn't have attempted to eat it.
 
Old 04-09-2006, 06:31 PM   #14
Albino Billy
I tried to feed it like 2 days after we found it. Then, I fed it the rat pup the next day and it took that. Because the small rat wasn't regurgitated but did only have a little of that fluid they get on their kills, I refroze the rat. Is it ok to try to give him again? Or should I just throw it out?? I hate to waste it since he didn't really do anything to it...
 
Old 04-09-2006, 06:33 PM   #15
Albino Billy
Oh and no, I left the room so he could eat in peace. I peeked in through a crack in the door so he couldn't see me to check on the progress, he was biting it and then put just it's head in his mouth then spit it out and went to his hide...
 

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