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[jesper]

well I just got 2 corns...

one of them is 6 month and the other is 3 month...

and yes they do have teeth when they are so small!!!!!!!!
The one that is 6 month thought that my hand was more fun than the pinky:p
the big one has no problem eating but the little one still hasn't eaten:mad: ( I got 10 days ago )

so my how long so I wait before getting worried???

jesper

[vanderkm]

Congrats on your new cornsnakes - they are wonderful pets and you may soon find yourself like many of us, with more than two. As far as how long to wait until worrying - if your younger snake had fed well before you got it, it can go for a month easily between meals with no problems. Younger snakes may be more easily threatened by changes in their environment and not feel confident enough to search for food.

Before anything else for non-feeding is to check husbandry - I assume you are not housing the snakes together (big one will stress little one and may eat it), your temperature gradient in the container is around 72 degrees on the cool end and 82-85 on the warm end (with a temp drop at night), he has multiple, secure dark hiding places (warm and cool end - we use a pet water dish that they crawl under) and the cage is small enough that he can find water and hide spots easily. We use papertowel as bedding until they are feeding regularly.

I suggest that you not handle the snake at all (aside from cleaning the cage) - leave him alone but observe him in the evening - when you see him cruising around his cage at night - you will know he is hungry - offer food then and he will likely eat. He may not be eating now because he is in a shed cycle and he just has to complete that first. We don't handle ours for a day or so after feeding, especially when they are just getting started or the meal is big.

Hope they both continue to do well for you - maybe you can post photos once they have settled in,

mary v.

[MouseKilla]

That's all good advice for making the little guy comfortable enough so that he will eat. There are also some ways to make the food more appealing to them, sometimes they're just picky but when you can go a month at a time without food you can afford to be.
One thing to make sure of is the size of the prey, it should be just a bit bigger around than the fattest part of the snake's body, if it's too big he won't do anything but lick at it.
I assume that you are feeding f/t (frozen/thawed) pinkies to him, make sure you thaw them completely, I use very hot tap water, letting them soak until the water is no longer hot but still fairly warm. If the prey is cold he may not be interested.
If that doesn't work, cut the pinky's head open and squeeze out some brains. The smell of the brains works to bring a picky eater around almost every time. If all of this fails then try the smallest, live pinky you can find.

Good luck

[jesper]

Thank you both a lot....

well every thing should be in place...

lol and I'm sure that I'll end up with more than two corns...
And I promise to post some pics as soon as I get the chance..

once again thnak you

[Derrick]

Just out of curiosity are you still feeding your 6mth old pinkies? That seems a little small. My show corns were eating 1-2 fuzzies a week at that age. Also my female snow didnt eat for the first month I had her. Im assume shes fed for the breeder, shes probably just settling in, corn usually aren't problem feeders once they've started

[Nicky]

congrads on your two new corns:) just follow everyones great advice and i'm sure they'll start eatng eventually when my corn was a baby she went wihtout eating for about a good three weeks i later found out she was shedding maybe your corn is getting ready to shed soon and it has a lack of hunger if it is try and give it baths in luke warm water and raise the humity so that it has no problems shedding and then after it sheds(if thats the case) then it will go right back to feeding good luck:) send us a few pics if u have time:) pictures are always great!!:)
rock on

[reverendsterlin]

none of my July neos continued pinks past the first four meals, all even jumped to hoppers from fuzzies a month later(45 days). all were eating juvies at 70 days, and when two decided to brumate and get everyone cooled, one of the others had decided to eat an adult mouse for his last meal. Figuring a little weight loss a still think after warming and a hopper they will be at juvi mice only for a feeding or two. They run from 45-80 grams depending on how often they skipped meals(the move to juvi mice put neos on a 10 day feeding schedule and nobody skipped 2 meals in a row lol).