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Hi, I'm new and I need advice and tips :]

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SnakeEyes

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My name is Javier.
I got 2 Corn Snakes.
1 I found In My backyard ( Maybe 2ft ) and 1 I bought ( Baby One ).
I hate buying live pinkies so I got 1 male rat and 3 females.
Tho I need tips on breeding the rats...
I had them for like 2 weeks and I don't see any changes in them.
Help please?
Thanks in advance. I'll Post pictures of snakes if requested.
 
Did you buy anything to feed them now?

I'm not sure that rats are your best option. Most people here would say no. Mice are best. Does your store have any mice? pinkies for the little one and I'd say maybe hoppers or weanlings for your 2' one.

i'm rather new but that's my thinking based on what I know and have. I've learned so much here, it's a great place. You don't want to feed to large of prey b/c that can cause regurge and you don't want that.
 
Just fed them.
And I think they are mice.. I just call them all rats lol.
I fed both of them hoppers. 1 for each.
But the 2' one just squished him to death and left him there!
The baby little one, ate him and rlly enjoyed it.. lol I never though she could it eat it.
But what should I do with the 2' one? if she didn't eat it?
 
I would say wait 5 days and try again. It might be harder to feed a wild caught corn frozen food. There are lots of people here who will know the answer to that. You could try dangling the food and teasing him, he might take it that way. I'm not sure how you went about it. I have to upper keys phase that didn't want to eat, they are babies, and with them I learned I could take the pinky and kind of keep smacking the snake with it and the snake gets mad and eats it. I first tried (gently of course) smacking him about 2" behind his head but that didn't work, then doing it on the face did.
 
They aren't frozen. They live ones.
I might post a video up of the little one eating the hopper. But what got me mad is that I waste 3$ for a damn Hopper so she just kills it? NOT EAT IT?
 
You probably shouldn't be feeding live prey anyway. Live prey are more likely to injure your snakes and can carry diseases and the like. I'm new to corns so maybe live prey is the way to go for a snake captured from the wild, so check with the experts. Everything I've read though indicates to use frozen food except in the more dire of situations when your snake simply refuses to eat, which isn't very common from what I've read.
 
Yeah I agree feeding live prey is not a good idea it can injure your snake less say that the mouse or rat that does not want to be eaten it will bite the snake. Or if the snake is not in the mood to eat it what will happen is the mouse or rat will start eating the snake's back and it can kill the snake. And plus like kidme is right they carry alot of diseases and you don't want to give that to your snake. So F/T pinkies or mice is the best thing to feed your snake and it is safe.
 
SnakeEyes said:
They aren't frozen. They live ones.
I might post a video up of the little one eating the hopper. But what got me mad is that I waste 3$ for a damn Hopper so she just kills it? NOT EAT IT?
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I really don't think posting a live eating video here would be a good idea. It is a hot topic and not worth it. As far as breeding mice it can take a couple months to get them breeding well. Also a lot of time they will eat thier own babies. So I don't know if breeding for two would really be worth the headache. I breed mice and rats here and it took me about five months to get a good group to start with.
When you feed a snake the prey item should be no larger than 1.5 time the biggest girth of the snake. Sure sometimes they can eat larger but you are risking hurting the snake and having it regurge.
The wild caught may eat and it may not. It is better just to leave them in the wild and get captive bred snakes. There is a wide variety of morphs to choose from and already eating and aclimated.
And welcome to the world of snakes sometimes mice get wasted.
 
I agree with Crotalis - I would release the snake back into the wild and find another one from a local breeder. There are tons of snakes for sale here on the classifieds, but you have to pay shipping which is usually $40-50 but you will be getting a good quality snake.
 
I agree too i am new to all of this but what i do know is if you start breeding mice you will become over run with them them things breed like wild fire personally i would keep trying with the frozen kind
 
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