Our corn snake gets fed

[MegaFabulous11]

this is soo mean i have 2 pet mice and they are adorable how can u do this to poor little helpless animals.

[bootbrushpup]

@MegaFabulous11

Sorry Mega, but snakes evolved to eat mice in the wild, and they have a right to live too. They have to be fed whole food like mice or chicks, otherwise they would suffer and die.

But we don't feed live mice - that WOULD be cruel! All our mice come humanely killed and pre-frozen - and are bred especially for the purpose (the same as the chickens and cows and sheep the rest of us eat..)

[MegaFabulous11]

@bootbrushpup sorry bout that 

[JustinBitterlich]

Beautifull snake I have the same Morph mine is only 2 feet or so long

[cdlabelsideilive]

my snake is about 3 years old and a female, i feed her once a week the proper sized food and she is only 2 feet...

WHY??

[bootbrushpup]

Hey Jim - we take Gethin out of his normal viv and feed him in a separate small tank: it minimises the risk he'll take in any substrate attached to the prey, and also saves him making a mess of his viv (we have known corns to constrict their prey so hard that it bursts - which means having to completely empty and clean the viv...!)

[jimbobbab]

from the looks of it, you need a bigger and better tank

[thestarwarsfan5899]

domenge is mean i <3 baby corn snakes

[MotorRamon]

I love your video, check out my page like 5 days after christmas and i will have tons of vid's of my snake open! o

[domenge]

i fuckin hate baby corns. they are soo figgity

[snakesentwined]

Hi B0thergirl.

Gethin is still only very young and quite small (just over 2' long and 1-2" thick) so he's getting several week-old baby mice, once a week.

When he's an adult (in another year or so) he'll probably be on one fully grown mouse, every 7-10 days.

Snakes have excellent digestion systems, and absorb nearly all of their food - but their droppings can contain whatever they didn't need, including small bits of bone and fur.

[spideyO10]

hi is there any other way i could feed a corn snake somthing else its jst that i have had mice and hamsters before and it would make me sad to see that thanks

[bootbrushpup]

Hi Spidey,

unfortunately, snakes a pure carnivores - they have evolved to eat rodents and mice, and without them as food they'll die.

I have heard that in the US you can buy "mouse-sausages", which are potentially a little less gory for the squeamish. But most snake keepers I know say their snakes won't touch them.

If you want any pet, then you must look after it well. I'm a veggie too - but I'm still happy to have a freezer full of dead mice if it means my snake is healthy and happy.

[karst125]

hey spidey just so you know, you can also feed corns chicks once they grow some. But it wouldn't be a main source of their diet you'd have to include mice and rats some where along the lines but don't worry it's not as bad as you think!

[italiangrll15]

my corn snake isn't eating well :( was yours always this eager to grab the food? I've tried dangling it and moving it around to make it look alive but he just doesn't seem interested - any tips?

[snakesentwined]

Hi italiangirl

Gethin has always been a little greedy - but sorry to hear your corn is being fussy.

If corns won't eat, it's often because they're nothappy with their set-up: are you sure you have his temperatures right, that you've given him plenty of hides, water etc...?

Best advice i can give is to check one of the forums - we're members of the cornsnake forum - or ask at the shop where you bought him for advice

[italiangrll15]

I'll have to check one out, thanks for the advice!

[B0thergirl]

Okay, I don't know much about snakes. How many mice does yours eat and how often? Do snakes leave bone droppings?

[peter3337]

once a week

and no they dont leave bone droppings lol!!

[B0thergirl]

yummy