Fed my Hatchling for the first time

Hey Guys,
Well I have to say feeding was much easier than I imagined. I bought my hatchling on 8/4 and s/he just gulped one today on 8/10. The pic to the left is the little fellow and here is the link to the gallery
here on the forum.

I first put him an empty ten gallon tank I have for the future along with the pinkie. I have a book on loan and got some good info on what I think made it so easy on him. The book, The Corn Snake Manual , said to use a small container so the little fellow had no choice to see and smell the pinkie. I used the same little tub he was sold to me in, which I read as a suggestion on the forum, and sat him away from me but so I could still see the pinkie's outline on the clear tub wall. I had sat down for maybe 2 minutes and when I looked over the pinkie was gone!
I kneeled down to check it out and the pinkie was half gone backwards but I'm hoping s/he figures out snout first next time (this pinkie was real tiny anyway). S/he was done less than 2 minutes with the first pinkie meal I have given him.

The book suggest 2 tiny pinkies a week for robust growth. Does that sound right to everyone?

From what I hear, most people feed 1 pinky every 4-7 days just depending on the person, but if you are wanting robust growth then yes thats about right. I wouldn't go more often than every four days.

I feed one pinkie every 5 days for my hatchlings.

Also, I wouldn't worry about it not taking the food head first. With pinkies they often don't.

Glad he seems to be a willing feeder for you.

I also feed one pink per meal for several feedings, then I switch to 2 pinks. I used to feed my hatchlings every 5 days, but this year have switched to once a week because it is MUCH easier keeping track of when it's time to feed. I have a weird work schedule so it's easier to feed them on the same day each week, too.

I feed my baby every 5 days and she has on occasion ate ass about face, it makes for a great photo with the mouse head poking out of the snakes mouth

When mine were on pinkies, they ate butt first as often as not. Now that they are on mice with hair, the almost always eat head first.

I was at my friends house tonight. She bought a hatchling from that same clutch and he ate easily as well. I saw another post here in which a lady is having a bad time feeding her Corn. I wonder if taking to pinkies and captive feeding easily has anything to do with other traits or just haphazard luck?

CornCrazy,
If you have a chance to see this, would you know if my Corn, my black and grayish avatar, would be a Charcoal or an Anery-A? Can you only tell if yellow appears when they grow?
Thanks in advance.