I have 1.1 Green Tree Pythons and I thought they were frustrating but these corns...
Hi, I have kept a couple of green tree's for the past couple of years and I thought they were frustrating... I just got back into corns and they are kicking my ass...
I got a few corn hatchlings at Pottstown and they all ate brained pinks the second day I had them. The next day they all regurged. Then I got a couple of hatchling Okeetee's that had just eaten... The next day they regurged to keep in line with their friends.
2 of the corns that I got at Pottstown (and ate, then regurged) will not eat now. I want to pull out my freaking hair!
Do you guys normally deal with this regurgitation B.S. on a regular basis? I think that corns can not take meals as large as pythons (size for size - meaning that if a python can eat something that is 30% of its body weight a corn can not - a corn can maybe eat and digest 20% of its body weight without regurging)...does this make sense...? What have you guys found?
My snake room is a constant 80 degrees and they are all kept in plastic shoeboxes with a water dish, on paper towels, with their deli cups converted into hide places with damp spaghum moss in the deli cups.
I bred corns when I was in college in the early 90's and I don't remember getting this frustrated...
By the way, I bought 3 corns from Serpenco on Saturday - 1.1 2002 Miami Corns and 1.0 2001 Upper Keys Corn. All three snakes look great and I can't believe how inexpensive it was for all three snakes ($75.00 total).
What do you guys do during the dark days when your damn snakes won't eat? I know I am just freaking out for nothing because with patience most corns eventually start eating right???
Thanks for your responses in advance,
Peter
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