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baby corns won't eat!
- Thread starter B3NUK
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uke01: B3NUK, the reason I ask it that some snakes wont eat already dead mice. My cornsnakes would not eat any frozen, or pre-killed mice. The little guy might want a little challenge. Try live, if not try to leave the mouse in with the snake over night in a shoe box, with nothing but the snake and the mouse. Your snake might just need some alone time with its meal.
limey
hi i am a cornsnakeoholic
Also try all the simple things - feed them as it is getting dark/ lightly mist there cages/ make sure they are seperated and place them in a very dark envnviroment all these things can help - alos make sure there are no distractions - i.e. loud nosies etc that might carry over vibrational noise.
Jayde
New member
I find that when you have hatchlings there's at least one fussy eater.
As ever feed them seperatly, in a clean cricket tub or something else small.
Give them a very warm dead pinkie. I put the pinkies on the radiator, the heat will attract and fool the hatchlings into thinking the pinkie is alive.
If after 30 mins it won't take it. Get a sharp knife and cut the pinkies skull and squeeze abit of the brain out. Your hatchling should be attracted by the smell that make it want to eat.
If THAT fails try putting a tiny smidge of butter on the pinkies nose. This works with my Royal Python.
I think they'd also appreciate being in a dark quite place. The adults won't mind too much where they'd eat but the hatchlings would. At that age, everything is stressful.
Luckily (and touch wood) I've never had to force feed my hatchlings ^_^
Hope this helps. Alot of it is trial and error.
Out of interest; are your adults funny eaters?
As ever feed them seperatly, in a clean cricket tub or something else small.
Give them a very warm dead pinkie. I put the pinkies on the radiator, the heat will attract and fool the hatchlings into thinking the pinkie is alive.
If after 30 mins it won't take it. Get a sharp knife and cut the pinkies skull and squeeze abit of the brain out. Your hatchling should be attracted by the smell that make it want to eat.
If THAT fails try putting a tiny smidge of butter on the pinkies nose. This works with my Royal Python.
I think they'd also appreciate being in a dark quite place. The adults won't mind too much where they'd eat but the hatchlings would. At that age, everything is stressful.
Luckily (and touch wood) I've never had to force feed my hatchlings ^_^
Hope this helps. Alot of it is trial and error.
Out of interest; are your adults funny eaters?