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Fish for corn's?

The world is crawling with rodents. I would look into catching something local and raising them. I agree with you that $40 for a mouse is out of the question. There has got to be some local rodent that will work fine.

Keep in mind, baby corns eat baby mice. What ever you use is going to need to be baby size.
 
Maybe, instead of 2 corn snakes get 1.... IF you were to get 2, would you put them in the same cage? Probably. Just get one because if you want 2 that's going to double the amount of money you have to spend on feeders and on housing. I would say you'd probably spend $150-$200 on 1 snake and the cage, accesories, heat etc. If you have two, you'd spend $400. Makes sence? For your first snake just chill and get used to keeping one yourself. Then you can get more. It's very addicting and by all means I know... you can't have just one snake, you want more, but it's a mistake many people make.
Now, what I meant before is that you breed the mice not snakes. Get a pair, a 10 gallon, buy a hide, water bottle, food dish and substrate and in about 2-3 weeks you'll have baby mice.
 
As has been stated breeding mice is one viable option to produce plenty of babies. Also ask the pet stores how they feed.

To your original question about fish the answer is defiantly no! They won't provide the proper nutrients and it has been suggested that they may contain toxins that can be harmful to corn snakes (Do a search for fish on this forum.)
 
SnakesRule1234 said:
Maybe, instead of 2 corn snakes get 1.... IF you were to get 2, would you put them in the same cage? Probably. Just get one because if you want 2 that's going to double the amount of money you have to spend on feeders and on housing. I would say you'd probably spend $150-$200 on 1 snake and the cage, accesories, heat etc. If you have two, you'd spend $400. Makes sence? For your first snake just chill and get used to keeping one yourself. Then you can get more. It's very addicting and by all means I know... you can't have just one snake, you want more, but it's a mistake many people make.
Now, what I meant before is that you breed the mice not snakes. Get a pair, a 10 gallon, buy a hide, water bottle, food dish and substrate and in about 2-3 weeks you'll have baby mice.
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I can pay for all of the needs for a corn snake, but I am missing a food source, and I know that NO ONE (unless you really need a corn snake) will pay 40$ for a mouse.
 
~Ray-Mantine~ said:
I can pay for all of the needs for a corn snake, but I am missing a food source, and I know that NO ONE (unless you really need a corn snake) will pay 40$ for a mouse.
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So if you can pay for all the needs get a pair of those mice, spend $80 and breed... Nothing else you can really do. You can catch some wild rodents but what if they have parasites?
Maybe I missed this but what does the guy feed the corns where you're going to get them from?
 
SnakesRule1234 said:
So if you can pay for all the needs get a pair of those mice, spend $80 and breed... Nothing else you can really do. You can catch some wild rodents but what if they have parasites?
Maybe I missed this but what does the guy feed the corns where you're going to get them from?
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I thout about doing that, and I think I am going to have to do it unless some one here actualy suggests another animal that I can use as a feeder (no Nanci, I saw your post), and the guy who sells the snakes doesn't own them right now, I can only see picture and he gets them from a guy after a couple of days, it's not the best way to get a corn, but it's the ONLY way that I know of, and I have been searching for a easier, more safe way but I can' find one.
 
Many people here buy snakes online I am appalled that you can't find any sort of rodent that is cheaper in your area. I believe gerbils breed pretty well as well so that is something else to look at. Just goto the local pet store and see what rodents they have for sale there because I know here I can get mice for $3 if I want live breeders or as cheap as 40 cents if I want frozen.
 
Sanebedlam said:
Many people here buy snakes online I am appalled that you can't find any sort of rodent that is cheaper in your area. I believe gerbils breed pretty well as well so that is something else to look at. Just goto the local pet store and see what rodents they have for sale there because I know here I can get mice for $3 if I want live breeders or as cheap as 40 cents if I want frozen.
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Online feeders are notan option, my mom would never let me get any animal online what ever it is and even if itwas dead, I guess I have to get two mice and start breeding them :<
 
I was talking about buying your snake based on just a picture. As for your feeders as I said goto the local pet store and see what rodents they sell that are cheap do a little net research on them if you are unsure on breeding them but anything from gerbils to hamsters to rats to mice something has to be available at a reasonable price.
 
Sanebedlam said:
I was talking about buying your snake based on just a picture. As for your feeders as I said goto the local pet store and see what rodents they sell that are cheap do a little net research on them if you are unsure on breeding them but anything from gerbils to hamsters to rats to mice something has to be available at a reasonable price.
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You can't order live animals online in here, and I remamber seeing LOTS of hamsters in a near by petshop, they might sell them for a cheap price, but they looked too big so I never thout about it, any way thanks to all of the people who posted in this thread.
 
~Ray-Mantine~ said:
You can't order live animals online in here, and I remamber seeing LOTS of hamsters in a near by petshop, they might sell them for a cheap price, but they looked too big so I never thout about it, any way thanks to all of the people who posted in this thread.
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Goto the pet store and buy a male and female hamster I am no expert on breeding them but I know people here do breed hamsters so I am sure they can give you the info you need on breeding or maybe just post a new thread about breeding hamsters. And the adults are too big but when they have a litter of babies you will have plenty of nice small hamsters for feeding.
 
Hamsters are not as nutricious as mice. You can feed them every once in a while however if you put them on 100% hamster diet eventually your snake is going to suffer.

If you cannot keep a snake, you should not buy them. To bad.
 
Triple het said:
Hamsters are not as nutricious as mice. You can feed them every once in a while however if you put them on 100% hamster diet eventually your snake is going to suffer.

If you cannot keep a snake, you should not buy them. To bad.
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Do corn snake's feed on ANYTHING other then rodents? can I feed them chicks? meat? any thing else?
 
Now, I'm not 100% sure about this but I believe certain lizards will be okay. Anoles are often used for scenting mice, and corns eat them in the wild. Because of this, I'm going to guess that they are perfectly fine for corns. Chances are some one's gonna say I'm wrong, but I thought I'd put the idea out there. I know around here lizards aren't easy to get, and so aren't used for feeding, but if you have to and you can get them easily (I don't know about this...) you could use them. The only problem is that you will probably never get your snakes to eat anything else but lizards.

Just an idea!
 
tbtusk said:
Now, I'm not 100% sure about this but I believe certain lizards will be okay. Anoles are often used for scenting mice, and corns eat them in the wild. Because of this, I'm going to guess that they are perfectly fine for corns. Chances are some one's gonna say I'm wrong, but I thought I'd put the idea out there. I know around here lizards aren't easy to get, and so aren't used for feeding, but if you have to and you can get them easily (I don't know about this...) you could use them. The only problem is that you will probably never get your snakes to eat anything else but lizards.

Just an idea!
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I believe you are wrong. Anoles are NOT fine, they are just for scenting but they don't have the nutrition a corn snake needs to survive.
I'm sorry but we can't really help you, the cold harsh reality is, if you can't provide a stable food supply for your snakes then you are not ready to own one. Get a lizard, like a gecko, and feed it crickets. It's much easier since you can get crix pretty much everywhere.
 
Food source, heating, safe and secure caging...

Three items you need to have before getting a snake and it seems you have done your research and know what you need. Go the option that everyone has been saying on here, buy a male and female and start producing your own mice. Given the cost is 80 dollars for two, I can say for certain that even a 1.1 pair will give you plenty of food for your two snakes that you plan on getting. I started a colony 2 months ago of 1.3 (one male, three females) well, two of the females were killed by the alpha female and she had a litter of 12 babies...7 survived the mother eating them and they are growing past hopper stage now, 2 males and 5 females. Plus the original mom has had another litter who are at large fuzzy size now and I see 12, so far none have been eaten. Now in anohter month, I will be seperating the older siblings tonight, I expect to have three colonies going and will more than likely be able to produce somewhere around 50 babies a month, allowing some to grow up to feed off to snakes, others to feed as pinks and females to continue the lines and form other colonies. (I got 26 snakes, need alot of mice). I will be introducing some other males when I start new colonies to weed out some of the bloodlines, but at the same time, that is minimal when it needs to be done.

So if you wait a month or two, you can have a huge amount of mice from the initial investment, even have plenty to sell and feed the two snakes you get at that point. Patience is the key, fish/lizards aren't going to cut it and if you can't get the rodents, go with something else....where are you getting the corns? Wherever you are getting the corns they should be able to set you up with something other than the 40bucks a mouse. But my advice is to raise your own, trust me, once you get them started, they won't have a problem doing the job.
 
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