feeding questions

[tttaylorrr]

THANK YOU for the chart!!! i've been wanting to see something like this but i've never seen one recommended.

you shared a lot of great info, thank you! i think i just need to find bigger/better prey items, as the largest mice i can find closest to me aren't big enough (and feeding two is expensive!)

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you can feed both, either or, not a big deal IMO. I generally stick to mice but my adult corns will get the random weaned or rat pup from time to time.

thank you for the reply. i plan on letting him have a weaned this next feeding as a treat while i find bigger mice for him.

[AbsoluteApril]

THANK YOU for the chart!!! i've been wanting to see something like this but i've never seen one recommended.

I have never seen feeding charts until I came to this site. lol

[Craiga 01453]

Granted I've moved on from corns, none of mine ever got rats. They always maintained good body structure on mice. Even as adults they got 1 LG adult mouse weekly.

And Django, my King, also gets 1 LG adult weekly. He gets 2 every once in a while, maybe every 5th or 6th feeding. He has had a few small rats, but only because he's a garbage disposal and I had a refusal to use or it was going outside for a neighborhood cat or something. Figured Django should get first dibs. On that feeding schedule Django is still growing and was up to 775 grams when I weighed him last month.
Obviously Kings and corns are different species, but close cousins in the colubrid family.

[Prognathodon]

how active are your Corns? does the pacing i describe sound normal to you, or do you think it's from hunger? compared to balls, this guy is a drag racer!!! hahaha. he's in a 20gal and i'm desperately looking for a 40gal to upgrade him.

I’ve got a 20-long sitting in storage, if Corny isn’t a climber.

Henry spends most of his time outside of hides, Tanis is often out, and Aurora hides most of the time. Except when I’m feeding (at which point Tanis and Henry are at their doors waiting/hoping), none of them pace that I’ve noticed, or only occasionally. The difference in behavior may be due to early socialization, we got them all as adults; Tanis and Henry from one breeder, and Aurora from another.

Tanis (normal) & Henry (anery):


Aurora (caramel tessera):

[Prognathodon]

I don’t know much about corn snakes. Until arriving on this forum, I’ve always read and been told you feed a snake prey items about the same size as your snakes girth at its widest point once a week or a day or 2 after it poops.

That works for growing babies and juveniles, but can result in over-feeding adults. And way way over-feeding blood pythons.

Back on topic, are corn snakes more active?

Yes, more active, and will hang around out of their hides during the day. Not quite as busybody as our Mexican king snakes or my water python, though.




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[67temp]

If my corns aren't in blue or in a food coma they are normally pretty active depending on the time of day. If you walk into my snake room during the day most of them will pop their little heads out of their hides so see what you are doing.

I've heard a good rule to follow is 1.5 times the size of the corns head.

Most of the corns I have or take care of are fine with mice, though one of them is a big boy and he is on weaned rats.

Prognathodon - I like that tower you have. How are the pieces connected at the top?

[tttaylorrr]

I’ve got a 20-long sitting in storage, if Corny isn’t a climber.

Henry spends most of his time outside of hides, Tanis is often out, and Aurora hides most of the time. Except when I’m feeding (at which point Tanis and Henry are at their doors waiting/hoping), none of them pace that I’ve noticed, or only occasionally. The difference in behavior may be due to early socialization, we got them all as adults; Tanis and Henry from one breeder, and Aurora from another.

i appreciate that, but Corny is absolutely a climber. i bought him one of those reptile hammocks at Tinley and he's always zooming around up on it.

and thanks for all the info. it sounds like Corny might be active from hunger, so hopefully he settles down once i get bigger mice.

[AbsoluteApril]

My corns are quite active. Sometimes hanging out in the hide but when awake, I almost always see them just out and about. Same with my king. Colubrids are much more active than boas and pythons.

[tttaylorrr]

just an update: Corny took his first weaned rat!!! i think the size and smell put him off, as i've never seen him hesitate to eat except with rats! he took a few defensive strikes and was bucking at the feeder with his body, so i started tease feeding him and that worked like a charm. it really didn't take him much longer to swallow than the mice, which was surprising!

i hope he feels nice and full. now to find bigger mice!!! ill likely update this thread if/when i do, but weaned rats will remain a special and rare treat.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO REPLIED.