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What can I feed my Corn Snake?

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GlitterFlame89

Animal Loving Girl
I have a little baby corn snake, about 9 or 10" long now. I am feeding him pinky mice right now. What I want to know is, is there anything else I can feed him to liven up his diet a little, maybe once a month or every two months or something just for variety? Someone suggested feeder fish, but I wasn't sure if corns can eat fish or not. I have also heard baby chicks, but I really don't want to do that. I have also heard chicken eggs. (When he's bigger of course, not now) Does anyone have any other suggestions?
 
Some people do vary things up, most folks stick with mice. Mice are pretty nutritionally complete, plus, when you offer something else, you run a risk (however slight) that your snake will decide to start refusing mice.
 
Personally, I don't believe in feeding corns anything other than mice or other rodents (except for anole lizards but they are so expensive here its not worthwhile). Corns don't "get tired" of food, this is a human emotion. :) Your snakeling will be perfectly happy, healthy and content eating mice for the rest of his life.

I have heard some feed feeder fish but fish are so prone to parasites and other diseases, I would not risk the health of your corn.

When he's bigger you could feed him an appropriate sized rat every now and then! lol
 
Velvet said:
Personally, I don't believe in feeding corns anything other than mice or other rodents (except for anole lizards but they are so expensive here its not worthwhile). Corns don't "get tired" of food, this is a human emotion. :) Your snakeling will be perfectly happy, healthy and content eating mice for the rest of his life.

I have heard some feed feeder fish but fish are so prone to parasites and other diseases, I would not risk the health of your corn.

When he's bigger you could feed him an appropriate sized rat every now and then! lol
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hmmm, i can catch anole lizards outside :) do you think it would still be safe feeding the wild ones?
 
mpharris1989 said:
hmmm, i can catch anole lizards outside :) do you think it would still be safe feeding the wild ones?
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If you do you should freeze them first, they will have parasites that can harm your snake. You also run the risk the snake will acquire a taste for anoles and no longer take the mice as willingly. I only use lizards as a last resort if the snake refuses to eat anything else.
 
Ummm...I would be worried about parasites...lol But then, I tend to be over-cautious...
 
With wild caught anoles, it's not just parasites you need to be afraid of. Fertilizer, weed killer and bug killer...not to mention pool chemicals "might" build up in an anoles system and hurt your snake.

I just wouldn't...
 
This seems obvoius to that point of over looking it, but have you considered corn? I know it is a starchy diet and you can't use it as a staple but just for that special once in a while treat I think that's the ticket.

For a snake as small as yours, you would want to use creamed corn and not whole kernal. When they are older, I love to watch them eat pop corn (unpopped of course). It really makes them lively.
 
I'm surprised no ones picked up on the egg's... Can Corn snakes actually EAT eggs?. From what limited research i did into egg eating snakes, they eat eggs by swallowing them part of the way and they have 'teeth-like' outcrops along their back which rips open the egg, they swallow whats inside then regurgitate the shell.

Would a corn be able to do this? :shrugs:

Would they even recognise the egg as food?. :shrugs:

Seems a little.. odd to me.


But then again what do i know eh? :rofl:
 
wade said:
This seems obvoius to that point of over looking it, but have you considered corn? I know it is a starchy diet and you can't use it as a staple but just for that special once in a while treat I think that's the ticket.

For a snake as small as yours, you would want to use creamed corn and not whole kernal. When they are older, I love to watch them eat pop corn (unpopped of course). It really makes them lively.
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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Now, on a serious note. Personally, I'd stick with rodents, and only go for anoles (CB ones, not WC due to parasites, pesticides on their prey etc.) as a last resort for a non-feeder. When your little guy gets older you could try him on appropriately sized rats, but in my experience, the poo smells worse!

Hope that helps

David
 
Corn? Corn Snakes can eat corn? I thought they were strictly carnivores? But OK, after he's settled in and is eating well, I'll give it a try. How hot do I make it and how do I get them to eat it? And yes, can corns eat eggs, or is that a no-no?
 
Re:eggs... I've thought about scrambling an egg and seeing if a snake will suck up the thick liquid, but dediced against it.
 
Mr.AJ said:
I'm surprised no ones picked up on the egg's... Can Corn snakes actually EAT eggs?. From what limited research i did into egg eating snakes, they eat eggs by swallowing them part of the way and they have 'teeth-like' outcrops along their back which rips open the egg, they swallow whats inside then regurgitate the shell.
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I don't know about eggs but I know that they regurge the cob after they have stripped the kernels.
 
My new reptile parasite book says you have to freeze prey for 30 days to destroy parasites.
 
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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