Snake help

[Matt1851]

so reptileforums.com is not working for me. Iv bought a pinkey and it seems very large for my baby corn snake. its about 2 times the size of the corn snakes head, will it be able to eat it?

 

[kinyonga]

Is the pinky bigger than these compared to the snake?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrAA1PTaaPI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORdl90W4M1o&feature=related

 

[Matt1851]

ya the pinkey is a bit bigger than thoes in the video. I asked the pet store for the smallest ones they had and they brought them and i said can a baby corn snake eat them? and she said yes how big is it? and i said about half the witdth of my pinkey finger witch would be about just over a 1/4 of an inch and the pinkey is about 3/4 or a litttttttle bit bigger. Ill take a picture

 

[jmart]

Hi,
This may sound gruesome, but try cutting the pinky head off and offering the head only. This is a trick used for feeding small milksnakes that are half the size of hatchling corns.

 

[AReptile]

I've always wondered this seeing those tiny corn snakes at the pet store, that couldn't possibly eat a pinky. Can they eat anything else when they are that small?

 

[jmart]

Very small snakes usually eat lizards as a first prey in the wild. This is something we try to avoid in captivity.

 

[Olimpia]

I forget the size of our baby corn snakes when we got them years ago, but we were surprised and amazed that they could eat a pinkie being as small as they were. Remember that their jaws detatch and can open at a nearly 180 degree angle. I find that with snakes, if they can't handle it, they won't try beyond a certain point and just spit it out.

 

[jrh3]

feed him day old pinkys he will be able to eat it regardless to what others say, if he cant he wasn't ment to live.

 

[beardeds7587]

is it a pinky or a fuzzie????