Adopting a Corn snake -

[Jay_Bunny]

I'm getting a 10g set up for QT for a new corn snake I will be bringing home this week. No pictures yet but it comes from a Petsmart nearby. I have a friend who works there and because he knows I have snakes, he figured I could give it a shot getting this little one to eat. They have had him (or her) for a few months and currently feed him rosy red minnows (all of their pinkies are too large. They even tried just a pinkie head and they've only been able to force feed him one because the rest are too large.)

Basically it is the same story as the snow corn at my store, only this one isn't a snow. As of the 1st of the month, I can bring him home. Just from looking at him I'd guesstimate him to be around 6-7 grams.

I will post pictures as soon as I bring him home this week. Unlike the corn at my store (who is eating on his own wonderfully. He's closing in on 9g now.) this corn will be at home with me and I'll have the freedom to try him on live newborn pinks and get him eating again. I plan to keep him for good and once he's an adult, use him in breeding. (he is not a normal, but I'm not sure of his morph.)

[shelliebear]

Good luck.
Corn snakes do start out awfully small, and when they don't eat, they only get smaller
I call them little shoestrings.
I remember when I first got my cornsnake as a baby, I had never owned a snake, and I looked at her and thought, "What in the world can I find that is little enough to FIT down your little mouth?"
Extra small pinkies was all she could have.
Again, good luck, and good on you for trying to save it. I hope it works.

[Jay_Bunny]

Thanks. It still amazes me how an animal with no arms, no legs, and a skinny neck, can eat something much larger than its head. That's like us trying to eat a watermelon while hogtied.

[Jay_Bunny]

And here he is. Better pictures soon. Any ideas what morph he is? And yes he has stuck shed. He'll be getting that off once he's home.

[Jay_Bunny]

Better pics.





By the way. I found out he is at least 8 months old.

[dembonez]

is it an anery or a Ghost?


BTW his eyes are HUGE!!! LOL

[Jay_Bunny]

I know! I was tempted to name him Bug because of his eyes, but the pet care employees named him Phantom and I figured I'd keep his name.

I'm not sure what morph he is. I'm thinking ghost but I'm not very informed on the different corn snake morphs yet. I'm still learning.

[Jay_Bunny]

This little guy weighs less than 5g. (scale kept saying either 3 or 4g, so its one of those) Hopefully he'll start packing on the grams. I was able to give him a f/t pinkie (the smallest one I had) We'll see if he keeps it down.

[shelliebear]

I definitely see some Anery in there, but it looks like it was combined with another morph of some sort as well.
I'd guess Anery type B, or anery charcoal.
Get some more pictures of him, especially ventral shots, eye shots, top of the head, under the chin, etc. Just different parts of him and it'll help.
Pretty little guy--good luck.

[shelliebear]

By the way, I know he's still so little, but the breeder I got Cheesecake from has some of her clutch mates that are only a little bigger than yours--and they are healthy and everything. The problem is, pinkies don't have much nutrition, and what they do have is a tiny, tiny amount. Corn snakes don't get much of the good stuff to grow off of at first, and it takes longer. I've heard once they are finally able to eat weanlings or hoppers, they grow like crazy.
I don't think him being that small AND 8 months old is too, too terrible, though he does need to get some food down...he'll get there. Corn snakes are little shoe strings for the longest time. But they're ok, somehow, being that little.