Once again I would like to say thanks to everyone who gives there thoughts and opinions, it really helps even if your not a expert. I recently posted a question about feeding live to snakes that have only ate pre killed frozen mice. After getting many positive feedback I decided to go to the pet store and see what they had. I havent been there in a long time since they never use to have anything useful to me. Well this time I found that they now sell live hopper mice. So I decided what the heck and purchased a hopper live mouse which I would classify as a fuzzy more than a hopper they were on the small side. Anyhow I brought it home and tested him out with my snake that had refused to eat for 2 months. None of my snakes have ever at live so I wasnt sure how it would react. Well I put him in his feeding box and stuck the live mouse in there. He looked it over and really didnt seem to give a dang that it was food until it started walking all over the snake and he was not happy he then grabbed it in his mouth and wiggled him around and eventully ate it the whole time the mouse was stil moving. Well between me and my roomate we were both staring the whole time just amazed over this... even though Ive saw him eat a million mice before lol.... Well now I know many people know what its like to see a live mouse get ate. But I did have a question in all this.
When feeding live are corn snakes suppose to suffocate it like a constricter? Mine just bit it and ate it, did a lil wrapping but ate the thing pretty much while it was still alive.
While feeding in general, is it recommended that you feed multiple smallar meals or one larger mouse? I have gotten contridicting opinions from breeders I know, none of them are corn breeders though. I ask this because I have a bunch of fuzzy and pinkie mice left. All my snakes are on fuzzies with 2 of them being able to move up to a larger mouse like a hopper.
Anyone think I should continue feeding 1-2 fuzzies every 5-7 days or think I should order larger ones and move them up to hoppers? After feeding my largest the hopper he did seem to be looking for more.
Last question, how do u guys judge when to move up on a new sized mouse? I have had these corns for a year now and I am still learning alot, two of them have grown nice and big where the others are lacking in size, just wondering if maybe its because Im not feeding large enough mice. I just get nervouse when giving them larger meals, afraid they just will be too big.