Hi - Baby corn snake not eating!!

[Kettennatter]

Originally Posted by Jlassiter

I feed my "purchased" snakes the same day I open their shipping box.....

I believe you were sold a stubborn feeder that was not established yet.

That's what I'm suspecting. I just got a garter to feed with Wayne's help and some trickery. The last two colubrids I got bit me on their first days. Not because they were aggressive or stressed. No, they wanted to feed.

[jamiethorpe1980]

Originally Posted by rmfsnakes32

If you have only had it a week thats why its not eating! Wait a few weeks and dont handle it.

I have had mine 5/6 weeks maybe a little longer, I have tried everything I have tried wiggling the pinkie, warming it, just dropping it in, even braining it and nothing has worked... The last time i handled my snake was about a week after i got her

[Donnie]

Have you tried scenting the pinkie with a chick thigh? I have seen on other forums that this sometimes works although I have never tried it.

[shaunyboy]

what are your hot end temperatures ?

if a tanks not hot enough a snake won't eat because they need proper temps to digest

how big is the vivarium you have it in ?

sometimes they can get stressed with too much space,i use fake plants,plenty hides,etc to give the snake more cover,so it feels more secure

cheers shaun

[RobsCornField]

I take in non-feeders from a friend who doesn't have time for them, but doesn't want to cull them. One of the tricks that almost always works for me is rather simple.
1) Thaw pink.
2) While pink is thawing, boil a small amount of water (separately, of course).
3) Put boiling water into bowl.
4) Drop pink in. Wait until it starts getting kind of grey-ish and rubbery looking, or float.
5) Present to snake.
6) SUCCESS!

At least, that's how it usually goes for me. If I still have ones that won't eat after that, I'll add chicken stock to the boiling water, and 75% take that right off the giant tweezers.

[jamiethorpe1980]

I have set my viv up to be a max of 28/29c, the snake has 2 hides and plenty of fake flowers, (the viv is full of them).. The viv is 12"x12"x4 LxWxH.

[Snickers]

I was scammed by a seller who sold me a lot of corns, 2 of them were never established feeders. I have tried everything in the book with the exception of lizard scenting, after several weeks 1 of the 2 passed away and as a last resort I placed the other in a short brumation with the hopes that this will reset his feeding response so that he will start eating.

Other tricks not mentioned to get stubborn baby corns to start eating is taking them for a bumpy car ride, washing a thawed pinky and scenting it with a small lizard; like an anole, which is part of their natural diet in the wild.

[Kettennatter]

I finally had success! I warmed the f/t, brained it, then put the snake and f/t into a paper lunch bag and put it on a shelf. I'm quite relieved. I hope this broke the cycle of not feeding.

[rmfsnakes32]

Good deal hope that keeps him eating