prey size question

I know that product as I have a three pack in my freezer right now Keith for my daughter's yearling milksnake. They do seem on the small side for the size they are advertised to be. Basically 3 of those PetCo frozen adult mice are about 1.5 of my live mice.....kinda scrawny really.

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

I personally wouldn't say that is overkill at all. Corns have faster metabalisms than a lot of snakes and that lump would be gone in a couple days. Wouldn't be uncommon for a snake to take a meal that big in the wild either

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Oh don't misunderstand me I was in no way suggesting there was anything wrong with the snake in the pic. :)

I have corns myself and know how much eating they are capable of.:D

It just looked like a funny pic to me is all.


dr del

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Originally Posted by KeithTN

I think I need to go up on my corn snake's prey size. When I received Starburst, the previous owners were feeding "her" 2 adult mice every 2 weeks. After I got her, I increased her to 2 mice per week. Now she is a little over 3 feet long and over an inch in diameter. I'm currently feeding 3 mice per week. She eats F/T, of course. At what point do I need to switch to rats?
The mice don't seem to be leaving a lump at all. She has never hesitated to eat either. I guess most corns are little pigs.

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actually, you dont have to switch to rats at all unless your just doing it to speed up the growing process (because rats are obviously bigger and you need less rats to fill up a corn snake) other wise corn snakes can eat mice their whole life. And all because a cornsnake will eat most of what you put in front of him doesn't mean you have to feed him until he is full... When I had an adult male albino corn snake regardless of the size food I gave him it barely showed any kind of sign that he ate.. but you don't need a lump just to know you fed your snake...