cornsnakes as feeders

[snakelover111]

read the add..this guy feeds cornsnakes to his cobras! http://market.**************/detail.php?cat=40&de=117288[/URL]

[snakelover111]

oops sorry

[Katt]

Some cobras require snakes as part of their diet. It's just what's natural.

[Zoe]

Yup... some snakes eat other snakes as part/all of their diets. It's not it happens in the wild and captive are snakes are healthier when fed properly. Nothing to be angry about - corn snakes are easy to breed, I wouldn't get too worried about it.

Zoe

[snakelover111]

i know its part of their diet but why cornsnakes lol my fav colubrid

[BWSmith]

Corns are a Coral Snakes favorite food.

[Colonel SB]

I feed corns what won't feed to my kings all the time.

[jaybox_reptiles]

that is horrible y not just feed them bull snakes

[BWSmith]

Bull snake babies are too large for Corals at least. And corns are part of thier natural diet and a preferred prey item. Plus you can get baby corns for $4 or less. I have had some that grew too large to be offered so i gave them away to good homes as pets.

Oddly enough, I jus tput a poll up about this exact subject last week. Herp Eaters (http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20374)

[BWSmith]

BTW: I LOVE my pet Cornsnake. One of my favorite colubirds.

[RaVeNo888o]

baby corns for $4??? are they already dead or something wrong with them?

[BWSmith]

no, just normal litle baby corns. maybe $7 if it is not breeding season. Helps buying them by the dozen too.

[Andy_G]

The reason they use corns is because you can get them dirt cheap.

[RaVeNo888o]

Originally posted by BWSmith
no, just normal litle baby corns. maybe $7 if it is not breeding season. Helps buying them by the dozen too.
so your saying that i could get a baby corn for less than $7?? how old are we talking about here? and what types?

[reptiledude21]

ya man ive never heard of corns that cheap where u been shoppin at?

[BWSmith]

I just work out deals with the breeders. Let them know what they are for and buy thier surplus babies. Ended up with some neat looking colors.

[RaVeNo888o]

so they will only sell you them at this price it they are sure you are using them for feeding?

[BWSmith]

I actually ended up running out of corns and couldn't get any for the coral so I ended paying $5 a piece for some African House Snakes. But I like to let them know what they are for. Many breeders don't want thier snakes used for that purpose and I respect that request.

[RaVeNo888o]

but you cant get them for that price as pets can you?..what if someone was to buy a bunch for food and send me one of them lol :D..im not ready to get another snake right now anyways

[BWSmith]

Dont forget that everything costs more up in Canada.

[RaVeNo888o]

well ya..but $15 cdn sure beats $50 :D

[Removed_2815]

Get this: when I was in Kentucky I stayed a few days at a venom lab where they had freezer bags full of baby leopard geckos (normal phases that had been donated by a breeder - nobody will buy them). There were over 500 frozen baby leopard geckos. Plus, they have dozens of frozen baby albino burmese pythons (sell for $150-200 CDN here) in the freezer as well for some of the larger ophidiophages.
It's hard to believe but these are akin to the rodent-filled freezers we are all used to. It blew my mind at first too but I realize it is really just a food-stuff and is valuable in that sense.
Cheers,
RMB