Jakegottabigsnake
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Ive heard corn snakes like anoles? I would just want to feed him one every now and then to switch up his meals and I can buy one at petsmart for pretty cheap. Would my snake eat it and if he does would it be healthy?
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feed my baby corn snake an anole?
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Jakegottabigsnake
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Yea I havent looked at them so I didnt know if they were too big I was just wanting to know how healthy they sold them and if the snake would eat it.
Jakegottabigsnake
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Ill just stick to mice then, but is there anything different to feed my snake instead of mice or rats?
Chip
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Nope, and I don't even suggest rats*, unless mice are in short supply, etc. A diet of appropriately sized laboratory mice will grow perfectly healthy and vigorous corn snakes. A lot of us on here have experimented for a lot of years, and most of us now feed only frozen/thawed mice.
*Nothing wrong with rats, but a few points -you may wind up with a snake that gets "spoiled" and doesn't want mice or dislikes fur. And small sizes (like pink rats) have no developed bone like a similarly sized mouse, so less calcium/phosphorus and they are a bit more fatty. Plus rats are more expensive, and my personal bias -they are really smart. Seems a shame to use them for food when there's a more biologically appropriate food with about 1% of the brain power/personality.
*Nothing wrong with rats, but a few points -you may wind up with a snake that gets "spoiled" and doesn't want mice or dislikes fur. And small sizes (like pink rats) have no developed bone like a similarly sized mouse, so less calcium/phosphorus and they are a bit more fatty. Plus rats are more expensive, and my personal bias -they are really smart. Seems a shame to use them for food when there's a more biologically appropriate food with about 1% of the brain power/personality.
Yeah I'd agree most pet shop lizards like anoles get intestinal worms really bad. Unfortunatley it comes with the diet. It's the same reason I don't recommend any snail eating species of fish get live specimens because the chance of parasites is just to high. I've got a supplier of quail eggs so I may get in touch with them once mine starts getting a little older.
Buzzard
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The reason you see mention of anoles here and on other websites is mostly for troubled feeders when it comes to corn snakes. During breeding season some breeders including ourselves will use an anole to simply scent the pinkie or other prey item to try and get a hatchling or difficult feeder to eat (this mimics a similar prey item in the wild but the hatchling is not fed the entire anole just used for scenting purposes). We have them in our backyard so we have easy access to them.
PS you might want to look up the state laws for GA because as far as we know corn snakes are not allowed as pets (since they can be found in the wild).
PS you might want to look up the state laws for GA because as far as we know corn snakes are not allowed as pets (since they can be found in the wild).