quizk question bout feeding

[eddie_murton]

I have two corns(one female het. butter and one male snow corn) bought at the toronto show last weekend I decided to feed them because I don't know when their last meal was the snow has eat two pinkies one june 18 and 20 didn't mean to feed him on the 20 but het got out of hsi tuberware and eat the others food. These two are housed together they are the same size at 1.3 ft in a 3 ft by 18 inches by 18 inches cage. My question is their a way to get a corn to eat like in tise them, right now its in its own tuberware thing with its pinkie and all it does is go to the other side? and from their size does any one have a guest to their age?

[sapphire_moon]

Can't tell age by size.

You really shouldn't house 2 corns together. It could possibly be stressing the one that is not eating (into not eating!) They should be caged seperatly.
ESPECIALLY if one is male and one is female, the male may get the female gravid to soon and she can become egg bound and die.

As for feeding just leave them alone for a while and let them get used to their surroundings. then try feeding again (every 5-7 days)

[vanderkm]

It is possible that the one that is not feeding is coming into a shed - they may not eat for 2 weeks when they are shedding. Tease feeding can stimulate some hatchlings to feed, but can scare other individuals, so you want to use it with caution. It is also possible that this snake was not picked up and placed into a feeding container to be fed before, so is startled by that process. If you can contact the person who sold them to you, it would be useful to find out how and what they were being fed before you got them.

As sapphire moon says, corns are better off when housed individually so you can keep track of them and so that one does not intimidate the other. The cage size you have is also very large and there may not be enough secure hiding spots for this corn. Baby corns like small, tight, dark places to hide and we usually get them to feed by placing the nose of a thawed, warmed pinkie into their hiding spot.

It is important not to handle the snake much at all until it is feeding, to reduce the stress. Hopefully this little guy will shed within a week and be eating well for you soon after that,

mary v.