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| Big Stew |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 22:54:06
It was a sad day today,when my son's corn died. We've had major problems with it nearly from day one which was in July, it has always been feed in a separate feeding tub. He just wouldn't gain any weight or grow,it was keeping the pinkies down OK and pooping fine. He started off at 16g and died today after 7 months still 16g, the last month has been hell for my son as the snake decided to stop eating , no matter what we did following all the advice on feeding on here it wouldn't feed. There must have been some sort of digestion problem from the start as we did everything right!!!
We have another corn which I re-homed at the same time, this one has grown from 50g upto 128g in the same period. We also bought a 4 year old corn last week, so we have well and truly caught the Corn Snake Bug despite today's set back. |
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| Big Stew |
Posted - 25/01/2011 : 18:48:03
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Originally posted by LynneM_212
Ohh you mentioned teaching them how to strike and contrsict how do you teach them to do that oce they are older??
I did it with Harri by holding the mouse by the tail with feeding tongs and waving it in front of his nose, but making sure not to hit him with it and scaring him. He was on fluffies before I tried doing this, but within 2 to 3 feeds he was striking. |
| LynneM_212 |
Posted - 25/01/2011 : 09:07:28
awww thats sooo sad to hear, .. rip little one, !!!
So scary thinking what can go wrong at that age!!
Ohh you mentioned teaching them how to strike and contrsict how do you teach them to do that oce they are older??
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| n/a |
Posted - 23/01/2011 : 23:26:50
Looks very like my Gerry |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 23/01/2011 : 22:54:02
My god he looks huge! |
| n/a |
Posted - 23/01/2011 : 21:27:16
He should have his own thread too  |
| n/a |
Posted - 23/01/2011 : 21:25:56
Looks a beauty |
| Big Stew |
Posted - 23/01/2011 : 21:15:54
Well here is the new guy just after his first feed, which he downed without a problem. Just need to teach him to strike and constrict next.
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| n/a |
Posted - 16/01/2011 : 15:07:49
Nice one, glad to hear u got sorted. I think a spoiled lickle snakie is on the cards . Look forward to the pics |
| Big Stew |
Posted - 16/01/2011 : 14:52:40
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Originally posted by Mr Subz
How did your shopping trip go ?
Nicely thanx, got a 1 year old corn ,that's on hopper mice so should be an easy starter for him. I'm afraid my morth knowledge is still very patchy, he's marked normally mostly brite orange with bright red markings which are surrounded with a white outline and no black colouring at all. He looks really stunning and is o so friendly when we handled him before buying. I'll post some piccies when we have him out for his first feed, after his 7 days and maybe someone will be able to tell me his morth. Just had a look and the new guy seems to be a fluorescent orange ! ! ! |
| n/a |
Posted - 16/01/2011 : 11:45:14
How did your shopping trip go ? |
| Benji54 |
Posted - 14/01/2011 : 18:06:29
sorry about the little 'un. good luck with the new one! as everyone has said, sometimes, these things happen. |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 14/01/2011 : 16:51:53
Awww poor guy r.i.p :( |
| n/a |
Posted - 14/01/2011 : 15:58:05
Nice one - hope he ends up having this for many many years, my adopted babies (both adults) are around 10yrs old |
| Big Stew |
Posted - 14/01/2011 : 15:54:04
We'll be going out and buying him a replacement little corn tomorrow ! ! ! |
| rockroyal |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 21:14:13
so so sorry for your lose hope your son puts a smile on his face soon |
| Newbie |
Posted - 12/01/2011 : 13:37:48
My deepest sympathy, all our little animals leave a hole when they leave us, it sounds like you fought as hard as you could to help but he was just an ill little snakey  *hugs* hope you and your son are ok xx |
| n/a |
Posted - 12/01/2011 : 12:42:05
Sorry for yr loss, i can only imagine how u feel. I get twitchy enough if my babies behave differently for more than 5 minutes. |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 12/01/2011 : 11:50:55
RIP little snake. Sometimes no matter how hard we try it just isn't meant to be.... hugs and sympathy.  |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 12/01/2011 : 11:41:17
RIP little snake.
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| Kazerella |
Posted - 12/01/2011 : 11:36:41
Sorry to hear about your little snakey.
If it's any consolation some hatchies never start being good eaters, so it's probably nothing you did that made things end this way.
Glad you are continuing in corn snake keeping x |
