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What can I feed my Corn Snake?

diamondlil said:
Me too, odd. Maybe it's a glitch from the server change?
By the way Cody, explaining to an oldie like me how to give rep and what it is won't win me over. I'd never in a million years rep anyone for suggesting insects or bird eggs should be fed to a corn.
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I never said I, "recommend" feeding insects [I never used Insects in my thread] and Bird eggs to the Corn Snake I just said it was something his snake could possibily eat, in fact I would never feed my Snake Insects, and only would I feed a wild bird egg, if I knew wheare it come from, my snake could eat it, and If i cleaned it before I feed my snake with Soap and Water, and then washed the egg throughly with water for at least a minute.
 
OK, got the repping thing. Am I to infer than that eggs and insects (And corn, LOL!) are NOT good to feed a Corn Snake? The eggs and Snake Sausage and Feeders were suggested in the book I have, as were anoles, but insects were suggested against. Snake Sausage was more or less a "well, if you really WANT to..." so I don't think I will be looking for them, they seem a waste of a feeding more than anything. Anoles are not sold as food around here, and I remember how it felt when I worked at PetSmart and people tried to get us to sell stuff to feed snakes that wasn't meant for that. (PetSmart won't sell live feeders, if anyone is not aware of that) so I don't think I'll be try anoles either, unless I find them for sale somewhere being sold for food, or where the people don't care either way. Eggs I'm still up in the air about until I get a good yes or no, feeders are on the OK side for now. And basiclly, 99.99 percent of the time he'll be getting mice. Does anyone else have any suggestions about Snake Sausage that *might* make me change my mind?
 
So if you would NEVER feed insects to YOUR corn, why say someone else can feed insects to theirs?
 
wade said:
Hey what about me Susang?

And if we can feed crickets, eggs, sausages, and all that other stuff (oh yea anoles) what was wrong with my suggestion of corn?
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Omg, you are getting my nerves, I said he could feed Snake Saugages [Do u know what they are] once a month as a treat, And I never recommened doing so. As for Insects, I never recommend that to, I just said that in the wild some Corn Snakes Eat Invertibrates, and posibly some in captivity would eat invertibrates... I never used "insect" in my thread.
 
Cody said:
I suppose you could feed your snake Anole Lizards {as treats}, where I live they are $5.99, somewhat exspensive compared to pinkies, or If you live in the deep south, like I did for eight years, You could catch Anoles. Also, You could feed your snake bird eggs, most who do only feed chickens, but if you find a bird egg, I would wash the shell off with water and Soap, then feed your snake. I have heard that some wild Corn Snakes eat invertibrates [invertibrates are animals without a skeleton, or with a skeleton the outside, Exoskelton] So I suppose you could feed your Corn Snake Grasshopers or crickets, but those hop around to much for your Corn Snake to have enough time to get into position and strike. If you like my post, please rep me!
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Cody, grasshoppers and crickets are invertebrates, but they're also insects.
 
I'm sure there's a bit about 'snake sausages' in Kathy Love's book. I don't think many people would recommend them. I think she found not all snakes would eat them anyway:shrugs:
 
OK, thank you. No eggs than. Better safe than sorry if nothing else. Is there any reason why insects can't be used as a treat? I'm happier not bringing them in anyway, but just out of curiosity? I mean, I know they are not nutritionally balanced, but neither are Tasty Cakes and Doritios. Is that the general extent of it or is there more? Oh, and wahat does it mean to "Flame" someone? I rather thought that was a cute little smily till I saw the small uproar it caused.
 
diamondlil said:
So if you would NEVER feed insects to YOUR corn, why say someone else can feed insects to theirs?[/Q

I simpily said that some Corn Snakes eat Invertibrates in the wild, and that those in captiviaty may or may not eat Invertibrates. I never said that It was ok for others to feed there snakes insects, in fact I nether used "Insects" in my thread, So how is it possible that I said it someone else can feed insects to there snake? :shrugs:
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Glitter I think most of us are saying your snake is better off with rodets of appropriate size. As far as insects no they don't eat them.
 
Insets are covered in an exoskeleton made of chitin, which most snakes wouldn't be able to digest. Rough green snakes are specialist insect eatershttp://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/rough-green-snake.html
 
Glitter, I'd just stick with mice. Corn, crickets, eggs, and everything else is partly bad advice and partly some of us having a bit too much fun. I have never seen the snake sausage things for sale anywhere but if you can find them they'd be OK too they are made for snakes. Just my .02 (shilling? I don't get the funny British money sorry J9 ;) )
 
diamondlil said:
Egg-eating snakes eat bird eggs, corns haven't got their specialised vertebrae (which extend and pierce the egg), so I wouldn't.
http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/egg-eating-snake.html
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Not to be rude,I live in the USA, and I see Corn Snakes in my back yard, I see them climbing trees, to ethier look for prey, which they have moderetly good eyesight, or to hunt for Bird eggs. If you type in, "Do wild Corn Snakes really eat eggs?" or, "Wild Corn Snake climbing tree and eating eggs" you find, inless the website is a fake, that they do eat eggs. Anyway Some Corn snakes in captivity eat Quail and Chick eggs.
 
diamondlil said:
Insets are covered in an exoskeleton made of chitin, which most snakes wouldn't be able to digest. Rough green snakes are specialist insect eatershttp://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/rough-green-snake.html
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Sorry I never knew that, I guess that was bad advice after all, Sorry for flamming you.
 
OK, sounds good. It's easier on me to feed just mice anyway. I just thought maybe a little variety would be good for them. And Cody, I did see on several sites where eggs were suggested as possible food, as well as in the book I have, that's what made me ask about them here, so I do know you are basing your suggestions of off several sites and what not, and not just thin air. The eggs were a very far off food anyway, as the eggs are MUCH bigger than my baby at the moment.
 
GlitterFlame89 said:
OK, got the repping thing. Am I to infer than that eggs and insects (And corn, LOL!) are NOT good to feed a Corn Snake? The eggs and Snake Sausage and Feeders were suggested in the book I have, as were anoles, but insects were suggested against. Snake Sausage was more or less a "well, if you really WANT to..." so I don't think I will be looking for them, they seem a waste of a feeding more than anything. Anoles are not sold as food around here, and I remember how it felt when I worked at PetSmart and people tried to get us to sell stuff to feed snakes that wasn't meant for that. (PetSmart won't sell live feeders, if anyone is not aware of that) so I don't think I'll be try anoles either, unless I find them for sale somewhere being sold for food, or where the people don't care either way. Eggs I'm still up in the air about until I get a good yes or no, feeders are on the OK side for now. And basiclly, 99.99 percent of the time he'll be getting mice. Does anyone else have any suggestions about Snake Sausage that *might* make me change my mind?
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Insects are bad for yourself, because they can't digest them, like we can't digest gum. However Eggs are nutrsiis for your snake, they do wonders for the scales and health for your corn. Yes you were right on the insects.
 
Cody said:
Insects are bad for yourself, because they can't digest them, like we can't digest gum. However Eggs are nutrsiis for your snake, they do wonders for the scales and health for your corn. Yes you were right on the insects.
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Yea diffentily YOur snake is to small for Quail, and Chick eggs.
 
Oh, I LOVE Rough Green Snakes, that was actually my first choice when I seriously considered a snake! Than I found out they were not exactly a beginner snake and decided to save it for later. (When I was little, I wanted a big giant Boa Constrictor, my Uncle 10 or 12 footer when I was about 6.) Actually, that was one of the reasons why I was wondering everyone was so against insects, because I knew they could eat them. And actually, now that I think about it, at my store the crickets escape into the corn snake tank all the time, and all they do is ignore them, or some will seem to run from them. SO, I don't think Kaa would eat insects anyway.
 
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