We moved Dexter up to fuzzies a month ago, while he was on pinkies he was fairly casual about it, just chomp and gulp. When we moved him up he started to leap at them and wrap around them and squeeze! The force of the squeeze moves him around the feeding box, is this normal? Are we under feeding him? (1 fuzzy per 5 days). Is this just him play hunting like a pup or kitten?
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Corn goes nuts over food
- Thread starter JKD1
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AliCat37
Michelle's Candied Corns!
Lol I don't think you're under feeding him! Sometimes they just get excited. Mine started to constrict their food when they hit hoppers and the one always is waiting for me to give her more when she sees me. As long as the fuzzy leaves a lump in his belly, I think you're just fine.
Bartholomew
Big Brotha Bart
Haha, Ali is right. My snake got excited when I moved him up on bigger mice. One day, the mouse had a small slit on it's stomach, and the day the mouse is prone to exploding, the snake decides to constrict for the first time. Let me just tell you that I didn't have fun cleaning his feeding bin, haha.
So don't worry too much. It's just a phase the snake goes through.
So don't worry too much. It's just a phase the snake goes through.
bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
Sometimes they do like to give d/f food the roly-poly-kill routine - a couple of my adults go through the whole thing before starting to swallow. Having said that, most of mine just swallow calmly, as they've always done.
As has been said above, I don't think it's anything to do with being particularly hungry. My roly-poly-kill tough guys are the same size and on the same feeding regime as the laid-back eaters. I think it's one of those individual behaviours which makes Corns such interesting "characters" to own.
As has been said above, I don't think it's anything to do with being particularly hungry. My roly-poly-kill tough guys are the same size and on the same feeding regime as the laid-back eaters. I think it's one of those individual behaviours which makes Corns such interesting "characters" to own.
Slinky has times when she tail rattles through the whole 'kill' cycle over a f/t mouse.
It's funny when she wraps up so much it takes her awhile to figure out that she needs to unwind enough to actually eat. Have you seen some of the youtube videos of corn snakes feeding? There is one where the corn snake spins so fast it looks like a tornado in the feedking tub. LOL
It's funny when she wraps up so much it takes her awhile to figure out that she needs to unwind enough to actually eat. Have you seen some of the youtube videos of corn snakes feeding? There is one where the corn snake spins so fast it looks like a tornado in the feedking tub. LOL
