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My corn won't eat

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zebedeepink

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When we first got him a few weeks ago, we let him settle for 4 days then tried him with his first pinky, which he gladly ate. This was 15 days ago and he has refused ever since :twohammer He went through a full shed on Friday and still won't eat. My other corn who we have only had for a week has eaten 2 pinkies since we have had her. They are both fed in separate tubs. What can I do?
 
I can't explain the most recent refusal, but before that, he may have refused because he was in the shedding process.
 
The corns are kept together (we were told by 3 separate breeders that this would be ok) and there are 4 hides in with them. The one who isn't eating is very laid back end enjoys being handled compared to the newer one who is a bit skittish. Could it be stress related due to them living together, although they use separate hides?
 
I'd lay money on it. The first corn ate, went into shed and refused, then had a new corn introduced. Whatever the breeders told you, corns are not social animals, and will compete for the best hides and basking spots. Also, introducing a new corn without quarantine could result in the death of either or both through exposing them to each other. Keeping young corns together can sometimes result in cannibalisation, and as they grow up they could breed too early causing problems for the female if they're a mixed-sex pair.
(I'm not totally against co-habbing, having met a breeder who co-habbed his breeding pairs, but they were adults in huge vivs, and all his new snakes were quarantined.)
Personally I handle hatchlings a little as possible until they are established feeders.
 
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