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How long can corn snakes go without eating.

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lilkiller11

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I am 15 years old and need help. I usually get my pet it's food every Sunday but this past Sunday i wasn't able to because my parents couldn't take me. Today is day 2 without eating and i'm trying to search other foods i can give him or if he will die if he doesn't eat for a week. Please help me asap.
 
He will definitely not die. Unless he's sickly and skinny he should be able to go many weeks without any issues. Once a week or so is a good schedule if the food is the right size. Don't feed him any "other" foods except what corn snakes eat naturally. If any of this doesn't make sense, please do some research on corn snake care. There are a lot of places to get this information, including these forums, books and people's care sheets: http://www.cornsnakeforsale.com/docs/corn-snake-care-sheet.pdf .
 
All babies look skinny, but if you can distinctly see his backbone that is on the skinny side. Since you can't feed them while they are in blue (getting ready to shed) it makes sense that they could go a long time without eating. Do you have a digital gram kitchen scale? Get one that measures 1/10 grams, that will help tell us how little he is.
 
Even hatchlings can go months without eating and survive.....yours will do fine even if you can't feed him for a few weeks...wild snakes often go without food...even babies....it's not easy catching a meal every week or even every two weeks out in the wild....
 
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