Feeding Question Here

[Jazi]

Hai guys *waves* Been a long time and I haven't actually poked my nose in this part of the forums yet. I've got a friend with a bit of a dilemma and I was wondering if you could help.

She just rescued a small corn from a petstore (long story short, they were going to put him in "quarantine" which in that store translates to the room snakes go in and never come back out) and isn't sure what to feed him. She's got her own corn, but he's a healthy weight and can easily down fuzzys by now, vs this guy who is TINY and a pinky dwarfs him.









This is Jörmungandr, otherwise known as Jor or Jory. Unsexed as of yet, but calling him the gender-default "he" until one of us can sex him. As you can see, all the pinkies she can get ahold of would be VERY large compared to him, which makes me think she'll have to feed him pinky parts. Problem: her corn has not needed pinky parts and I've never had to feed Quetzal pinky parts.

He's 2g, his siblings (so says the pet store) are all twice his size or larger, but still proportionately thin with large heads and pencil-thin bodies. I'm worried he might have some organ damage, but she doesn't have a reptile vet in her area (North CA) and I can't exactly drive across the US to take a snake to the vet. No signs of an RI yet at least, and he's being kept strictly quarantined from her boy until further notice.

The other problem is that her guardians don't want her to have two snakes and have given her 3 weeks to get Jor out of the house. She'll be shipping him to me if she can't find anyone on that short of notice, which is why I figured since I have an account here I might as well ask.



So uh. In terms of feeding this little stinker. What do? Any specific method of cutting up the pinks for parts or would a normal day old pinky (which is huge compared to him) be worth the risk?

[Jazi]

Sorry for double post, but she just sent me this. This is half of a day-old pinkie for size comparison. If pinkie parts is just cutting a pinky into edible chunks, then that's what she's doing. Otherwise, halp?

[PyramidPythons]

When I have tiny babies, I try to get newborn, or at the very longest, day old pinks. Believe it or not, they can handle a pretty big meal, even at that age. If it doesn't want the whole pinky, I'd suggest just cutting off the head and trying that for a bit until it can get some strength and size on it. At least the poor "guy" is trying to eat, so that is a good sign. However, I would STRONGLY suggest that she put a paper towel down over the substrate next time she feeds, or she's likely to get a piece of that aspen down the poor babe's gullet, which could cause problems in one so young.