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what way do you feed???

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DAYWALKER-IRL

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hey guys i was just wondering what way do you think is the best way to feed your corn snake??? i got a yearling corn snake 5 days ago and tried to feed him today but he didnt seem interested??
 
I feed in a separate container. Your snake is possibly still stressed. One way I've found to get a stubborn snake to eat is to put him in the feeding container with the food, then cover the container with a towel and leave it alone for a couple hours. The dark and quiet will likely calm it down and it might entice it to eat.
 
the mouse was thawed out and then i put it in a container in my snakes cage and put my snake into the container with the option of climbing out if he wanted to..... i also left the mouse in there tonigh just in case he decides to eat it??
 
DAYWALKER-IRL said:
the mouse was thawed out and then i put it in a container in my snakes cage and put my snake into the container with the option of climbing out if he wanted to..... i also left the mouse in there tonigh just in case he decides to eat it??
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Thanks you..

Do you think its going into blue?? One reason if may not be intrested.
Or just a little stress from the "move". Wait another five days then try again.
You could slice the mouse ahead of time to help.
Without the "spotlights" and fans watching too.
 
thanks

ya im kinda worried about him eating this weekend though as i will be gone next week on my holidays and i would like to be there for his first feed just to make sure everything goes fine im a worrier haha..... the girl in the pet store said he was due to be fed today do you think it will matter that much if he didint??
 
I feed in a separate container. I make the mouse really hot- like as hot as my hot water will go. I dry it off with paper towels and put it in the feeding container, add the snake, cover and leave alone. If you give the snake the opportunity to leave, it will!
 
Lennycorn said:
Well how bout those who feed there snake in the viv. On a plate or something. They would have a chance to leave.???
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We have gone to feeding directly in vivs at this point. For one thing, Carlos is far too large to take OUT of his viv to feed (what would we put him in?!) and for two... we have at this point 29 snakes. It takes a while to feed as is. Prior to Tara, I always fed in seperate bins, but then I ended up getting some very finnicky snakes. My albino Nelson's, for instance, refuses to eat anywhere BUT his viv. Same for the KSB. We do watch them as they eat and make sure to pull off any aspen chunks that stick to the mouse. We've found that if we heat them and then dry them, very few pieces stick. Thus far, no issues.

And you may laugh, but I do have one snake, Rio, my jungle corn, who always prefers his mice cold and on a plate... he is such a pansy he wants to take no chance that the mouse will "wake up" and he'd have to constrict it. ;)
 
Corny Noob said:
Well I Lenny would you leave a gun shy corn on the kitchen counter on a nice plate? :eats02:
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No....it would exscape on me, that's way you should feed in a feeding container or the viv

Hypancistrus said:
We have gone to feeding directly in vivs at this point. For one thing, Carlos is far too large to take OUT of his viv to feed (what would we put him in?!) and for two... we have at this point 29 snakes. It takes a while to feed as is. Prior to Tara, I always fed in seperate bins, but then I ended up getting some very finnicky snakes. My albino Nelson's, for instance, refuses to eat anywhere BUT his viv. Same for the KSB. We do watch them as they eat and make sure to pull off any aspen chunks that stick to the mouse. We've found that if we heat them and then dry them, very few pieces stick. Thus far, no issues.

And you may laugh, but I do have one snake, Rio, my jungle corn, who always prefers his mice cold and on a plate... he is such a pansy he wants to take no chance that the mouse will "wake up" and he'd have to constrict it. ;)
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Well if I had that many snakes I would thinks about feeding in the viv too.

I think my point is pretty simple to understand and is a response to Nanci post. Soooooo I must be missing something. :shrugs:
 
I feed in the vivs - but only because I use newspaper substrate.
If you use something that can be ingested it's better to feed out of the viv.

I defrost the mice/rat pups in a container of hot water, which I leave near the viv defrosting. The smell seems to get the snakes ready after 10 min or so.

From there I take out the rodent and dry it off. I dangle it in front of the snakes with a long pliers (by the tail).

They almost always strike. If not I just leave it there and they take it after a few minutes. My corn doesn't care who's watching. She just eats.
The boa will strike and constrict like there's no tomorrow - kills the rat again. sigh.

She won't eat if anyone is watching though. I have to leave the room before she actually eats. Snakes are very vulnerable during the eating process. Their only defense is their mouth - and if that's busy during an attack it's pretty much curtains. A tight container in the dark for 30 min or so will probably have your snake feeling secure enough to eat.
 
Same problem

I had 4 unsuccessful feedings and finally tried a new technique for my very young and small corn snake. I bought it two weeks ago and finally placed the snake along with a thawed pinky mouse (thawed in sandwich bag placed in warm water) in a small tupperware dish with a half paper towel folded on the bottom. Ate the pinky in 5 minutes, ate another one in less time the next day.
 
jchern22 said:
I had 4 unsuccessful feedings and finally tried a new technique for my very young and small corn snake. I bought it two weeks ago and finally placed the snake along with a thawed pinky mouse (thawed in sandwich bag placed in warm water) in a small tupperware dish with a half paper towel folded on the bottom. Ate the pinky in 5 minutes, ate another one in less time the next day.
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why do you feed two days in a row?
 
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