I got a baby Cornsnake (I had been wanting snakes for a long thim up till then). It wouln't eat. I tried everything that was possible...I tapped the pinkie against the head, I cut the head open (yes, I know - a little queasy, but at that point I was desperate), etc. but to no sucuss. On the 31st of October, 2000, it died. The petshop had a 7 day exchange system so we were able to get another one because it died. Well, the same story happened wit htat one too. It died a week later. I never got another snake until February of 2003, a BP, from the same petstore. We had some feeding issues, but eventually it began to eat. I was so excited! BP's are much hardier than corns. I still have to same BP today. It's grown a foot and 3 inches and gained around a pound since then.