corns and changed prey items

[recycling goddess]

so... i also gave my eldest corn snake a rattie pup (3 weeks old) today and he took it no problem. had problem killing it... he let it go and it started breathing again so he watched it for a bit and finished it off. took it down no problem.

so... can i transfer the younger ones as well? will they go back and forth like boas do... eating whatever is offered or are they more like a ball python... once i feed them ratties, they'll only eat them from now on?

[joepythons]

so... i also gave my eldest corn snake a rattie pup (3 weeks old) today and he took it no problem. had problem killing it... he let it go and it started breathing again so he watched it for a bit and finished it off. took it down no problem.

so... can i transfer the younger ones as well? will they go back and forth like boas do... eating whatever is offered or are they more like a ball python... once i feed them ratties, they'll only eat them from now on?

Aleesha,my adult breeders are eating weaned rat pups(male) and the females get rat crawlers(about 2 weeks+ age) and it shows in the growth.My corn snakes will eat frozen(joking here) frozen thawed and live they DONT care its food lol.

[frankykeno]

Interesting question Aleesha, and well timed. We are actually going to offer Beth's yearling milksnake it's first rat pink tonight. Emi (the milk) has always had mice and is up to the hopper size so we are going to see if she'll take rat pinks as they are in constant supply around here. I'll let you know how it goes and if at some later point she'll accept a mouse again. I've always heard they aren't particularily picky eaters.

[recycling goddess]

well i went ahead and gave valentino the smallest of the rattie pups we have right now. he spent quite a bit of time sniffing the air but once he decided it was dinner time... he went in for the squeeze.

now something i noticed... with both corns... is that it took them longer to squeeze the ratties. mice seemed to die quicker. anyone else ever notice this?

[joepythons]

well i went ahead and gave valentino the smallest of the rattie pups we have right now. he spent quite a bit of time sniffing the air but once he decided it was dinner time... he went in for the squeeze.

now something i noticed... with both corns... is that it took them longer to squeeze the ratties. mice seemed to die quicker. anyone else ever notice this?

Yea it takes a little more squeeze to kill the rat(pink ,pup etc) but they will get the job done.Mice die just touching them lol.

[recycling goddess]

oh good... i didn't think i was imagining it.

[joepythons]

oh good... i didn't think i was imagining it.

The first couple times your snake might look confused lol.The differant smell is another new thing to them.

[recycling goddess]

that's what i thought... (smell-o-vision)

[frankykeno]

Emi is currently eyeballing her first live rat pink and not terribly sure it's dinner or not...cross your crossable bits folks! LOL

[recycling goddess]

all 6 parts are crossed... fingers, toes, legs, arms, eyes...