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How do I feed two mice at one time?

MrsCornSnake

MrsCornSnake

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Yus, another question. But you guys are so knowledgeable!

I've always fed one mouse at a time, but now it looks like I have a small surplus of smallish mice and two snakes that are hungry two days after eating.

Do I just put two mice in the feeding container instead of one? :dunce: Can it be that simple?

Also one of my snakes, Butters, is a very shy eater. He's actually small, and the one I'm hoping to feed up. He won't eat when anyone is around. I've given into just dumping a pinky on in his container, covering it up with a towel and leaving it until morning. He eats sometime during the night.

What do I do? What technique do you guys use?
 
On the ones I have that are eating 2 prey items.... I just put them both in at one time and walk away :) yep... pretty much that simple :)
 
I have the same situation with a smallish batch of mousies, and I have Toulouse on double pinks. Just thaw 'em all out at once, then I put two in the same sterilite with him and...SHOMP!
 
I have that problem with hoppers... my adults are getting 3 or 4 each. :D I just toss em in and go watch TV.
 
Atreyu was eating 2 pinks at a time. Just last Thursday he graduated to 2 fuzzies. Needless to say, I'm such a proud mama:crazy02:. So I throw both fuzzies in at the same time, and he eats both. Only thing is I love to watch him eat, but he doesn't mind. He's Mama's little performer.:)
 
Are you feeding on a schedule? Or just whenever the snakes look hungry to you? I noticed you said you were feeding them mice (dont know what size though) but you had smaller mice in a surplus. I assume that you are feeding around fuzzy or hooper stage. In that case, I dont think the snakes should be eating on a 2 day schedule.
 
How do you know if he is still hungry? I just feed him a baby pinkie and set him back in his viv. Are there signes i should look for?
 
Well, you can't really tell how hungry they are.

Here, I have found this help, as have many others on the site. I give you the Munson Plan - it works for most cornsnakes!

http://cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50106

"-When they're on single pinks (2-3g), I feed every 4-5 days. (Snake = 4-15g)
-Double pinks (3g x 2) every 4-5 days. (Snake = 16-23g)
-Small fuzzies (5-7g) every 5-6 days. (Snake = 24-30g)
-Regular fuzzies (7-9g) every 5-6 days (Snake = 30-50g)
-Hoppers (9-12g) every 5-6 days (Snake = 51-90g)
-Weaned (14-20g) every 7 days (Snake = 91-170g)
-Adult (24-30g) every 7-x days (Snake = 170+)
-Jumbo Adults (40-50g) every 7-x days (Snake = 400g+)

Note: Adult females are fed more frequently than adult males (especially following brumation). Females are fed every 6-8 days; males are fed every 7-14 days.

This is by no means scientific, and not all corns will cooperate 100% with the schedule. The weight ranges I gave for the prey and snakes are approximate. I'm very consistent in my feedings. Some people feed every Saturday, for example. If they get a refusal, the snake has to wait for the next Saturday to get another shot. I don't do this. If a snake refuses today, he'll get another shot in two days."

Of course you have to be aware of how much the cornsnake weighs. Also, it may help us help you if you posted some pictures of the snake so we can see approximate size, etc! A mouse every 2 days really is too much.
 
FirstTimeOwner said:
How do you know if he is still hungry? I just feed him a baby pinkie and set him back in his viv. Are there signes i should look for?
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I dont know how the OP can tell. Usually you should be on a set schedule. Search for the Munson plan, its a good chart to feed by.
 
Hey Firstime,

Snakes are opportunistic feeders, so they are hungry most of the time.
In the spring of 95, a few months before I got my first pair of rosy boas and a year before I got my first cornsnake, I had a lovely female garter snake my husband caught for me. "Talia" was always hungry. I overfed her and she ended up dying from organ failure. I had no idea at the time that overeating was so dangerous for a snake. When I found out what killed her, I was crushed.
 
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