Can he take a pinky?

Got a new snake, named Sprout, on Wednesday and I was astonished how tiny he is. And now I'm overthinking if he could handle a Pinky, I didnt specially order day old pinkies, just normal ones.

I attached a photo of him because embedding the picture became huge in the post.

A pinkie should be no problem. You would be surprised at what they can eat.

Has it eaten recently in the photo? It could be the angle but it almost looks like a food lump in the belly.

Originally Posted by 67temp

A pinkie should be no problem. You would be surprised at what they can eat.

Has it eaten recently in the photo? It could be the angle but it almost looks like a food lump in the belly.

Thanks! This is my second corn snake, but he just seems so much smaller than when I got my first one, so I'm just overthinking lol And it's just the angle, that was him a few minutes after I brought him home.

I have one baby that hatched out at 2.4g. It's first two meals were day old pinkies. The last three meals have been regular pinkies.

He should be fine. Those first few meals always look huge in comparison to their tiny little heads. If you're really concerned, you can cut a frozen pinkie in half and just give him a half for his first two meals.

He took one no problem lol

whoops forgot to add photo

Looks like he did great. It even looks a little small for him, to be honest!