Got my first corn snake today.

[kingkung]

I got my first corn snake today and I got him a pinky to. When I was feeding him, he saw the pinky and sniffed hum a few times and then just started eating him alive without constricting first. The pinky was waiving it's limbs. I'm new to corn snakes but I read that they are constrictor's.

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[ROACH]

HUM...Im only taking a guess at this, but Im wandering if he is use to eating F/T? I only feed Live so all of mine Strike and Constrict. Do you know how he was fed prior to you getting him?

[Doggey75]

Baby corn snakes almost never constrict their prey. I have a baby corn. Although I only feed him frozen I do wave the pinky around a bit and all he does is bit it and shallow. As they get older you should see a change and they will start constricting more.

[kingkung]

Could he get injured from the live prey kicking from within?

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[Ripsaw642]

I think the pinky suffocated at least an hour ago I don't think a pinky can do much damage once its swallowed, it's before and during.

[Doggey75]

I doubt it. He should have no problems. If he does you would have found it by now. I would just leave him alone for the week since you just got him.

[RoseRed]

Some hatchlings constrict and some do not. My little Gremlin started constricted when I first go him at 10 grams, but it took Rose Red till she was 60 grams to start attempting to constrict (emphasis on the word "attempt" since she resembled a fish out of water rather than a snake constricting. Due to her doing it backwards, quite the sight to see lol).

The pinky won't hurt it, don't worry.

[Spiritserpents]

I really would offer f/t to your little snake. Now is the best time to get him used to it, plus imagine how terrible a death that pinky has suffered. You can hear them squeaking inside the snake as they're suffocated and getting burned by stomach acids. Unless they absolutely won't take anything but live, f/t is best.

[jclaiborne]

My adult corn still doesn't constrict, I made the switch to F/T and he doesn't even strike he won't go near the mouse unless I lay it down next to him, then he moves next to it and slowly starts eating, its actually funny to watch.

[Kat_Dog]

Riddle will only constrict stuff that has fur.
Pinkies are swallowed w/o constricting, everything else is constricted for a very long time!

Last time I fed him, I gave him a rat pink because mouse hopper seem to be short supply over over...
I thought for sure he'd constrict, since I've never seen him not constrict since I got him on fuzzies, but he just began swallowing it immediately!

I guess they know the difference and don't bother wasting energy constricting something that doesn't need to be