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carol · #11 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by REPBIZIZUS

Hello,

Just saw your question and thought I'd pitch in!! By now your snake will be getting on well and growing. Corns are usually super easy to care for and ready feeders. I fed all mine in the shop yesterday and not one failed to eat! I feed the small corns once a week, so you're doing fine. General rule of thumb is that the snake can manage to eat a food item equal to one and half times it's body girth. As for frequency? All species eat frequently i.e. weekly when young and they do seem to like a set pattern - odd though it seems. Don't panic, you may find your animal likes two smaller mice rather than one large mouse, it's just a matter of trial and error. Corns are great feeders so you really can't screw up!

hi repbizizus
i take it you got a rep shop?? where abouts?

leanne · #12 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 05:13 PM

we have 3 corn snakes all about the same size as urs we feed our 1 medium mouse a week but thinkin of moving them up to large mice once a week hope tht helps

Boccia Boy · #13 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 02:09 PM

website called reptilicous r u a memeber

MrsNik · #14 (**permalink**) 04-05-2008, 03:53 PM

Ours is I think about 55cms long now (been a few weeks since i measured her!) and is having one small mouse a week. We really struggled to get her to come off pinkies!

Searyan · #15 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008, 06:40 PM

One appropriately sized food item a week. No thicker than the thickest part of the snakes body .

kes the constrictor · #16 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 01:46 AM

you can feed them up to twice the girth but the recommended size is 1.5 times the thickest part of the body, boids, boas and pythons can go much bigger than that. medium rats should be fine for a 4-6 foot corn, king etc

vinny · #17 (**permalink**) 17-10-2008, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by georges mummy

i have a 6 foot corn snake and he has 2 rat pups a week one on a monday and one on a thursday.
one mouse a week sounds about right for a 3 footer.

Sir you don't have a corn snake at 6 feet! You have a Rat snake. but Yes I think 1 mouse per week is good. Every few weeks give him 2 or 3. Mix it up a little. He doesn't stop by mousedonalds once a week in the wild! Sometime he stops 3 times!

viseversa · #18 (**permalink**) 17-10-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vinny

Sir you don't have a corn snake at 6 feet!

Why?? There is a fair few corns about around that size, my old male was.

carol · #19 (**permalink**) 17-10-2008, 01:39 PM

as this is a old posting thought id let you know,
jeff the corn snake we got eats quite happy on a meduim rat now his just over 5ft now his as tall as fade and very soppy. he was larger than 3ft when we got him.

carol · #20 (**permalink**) 17-10-2008, 02:00 PM

here's update picture of jeff
half his body is rond fade's back,

and here's a update picture of elliot, his grown lots as well.

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