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 Posted - 03/07/2009 : 11:21:38
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So I tried feeding my snake for the first time last night.
I stuck her in the RUB she came in with a pinkie
At first she was dead scared of the tiny pinky and showed no interest in eating. I sat with her for half an hour watching her but nothing!
I got really disheartened so put a sheet of kitchen roll in her viv (to stop her eating the aspen) and left the pinkie in the middle of the sheet.
I came back an hour later and she had litterally just got her chops round the pinkies head, so I managed to watch her devour it, so cool!
It seemed that even the smallest of the pinkies was a bit big for her but not by much, so I guess its alright, just cant beleieve something so small can eat something so comparatively big.
Anyway, going to leave her be until sunday before I start handling her regulalry and try to get her used to me.
She went for me yesterday but the silly little thing just headbutted me, hehe.
Why didnt someone tell me snakes were this awesome sooner?
Cheers
Joe |
0.1.0 Anery Corn(Noodle)
0.0.1 Spur Thighed Tortoise (Melvin)
1.0.0 Cat (Titus)
0.0.2 Fish (Caractacus and ThunderCleese)
Also in my care (temporarily):
1.0.0 Baird's Rat (Murphy)
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punumbear
Hatchling
United Kingdom
483 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 11:26:19
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| thts the fun part finding out how cool they are for yaself.. but yeah know the headbutt scenario daft lil things lol.. i find it quite endeering tbh.. fed my royal a fuzzy yesterday since she arrived which has only been threee days with me.. shes cool.. my first corn gets fed tongiht shes now on larger pinkies.. and the newly acquired adult corn gets fed in a couple o days .. so yeah its all good stuff gettin to know them n their individual habits n watching em grow etc.. enjoy hun n dont be too quick to give up should ya hit any stumbling blocks. |
love my animals more than i like people.
the gang
1 ridgeback
2 kids
1 anery-lil aney
1 m, 4 ft candy cane corn.. aka kellogg..
1 carolina corn-claret/carrot
Newest additon.. f whiteout corn-pastel??
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 11:30:55
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hehe, no chance of giving up. I'll show her whos boss :D
my wife is a little put off by the little blighter as her experience of snakes is my younger brothers lazy corn and she's not to sure about my fiesty little one.
I keep telling her that it'll calm down with more handling. |
0.1.0 Anery Corn(Noodle)
0.0.1 Spur Thighed Tortoise (Melvin)
1.0.0 Cat (Titus)
0.0.2 Fish (Caractacus and ThunderCleese)
Also in my care (temporarily):
1.0.0 Baird's Rat (Murphy)
0.1.0 Butter Corn (Molly) |
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punumbear
Hatchling
United Kingdom
483 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 11:40:44
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| yeah all takes time and patience.. n defo rewarding once ya get there.. but tis all a learning curve the missus will come round to it eventually specially if she watches or helps out with feeds etc.. my mumj watched me feed royal yesterday and she was amased she loves em now |
love my animals more than i like people.
the gang
1 ridgeback
2 kids
1 anery-lil aney
1 m, 4 ft candy cane corn.. aka kellogg..
1 carolina corn-claret/carrot
Newest additon.. f whiteout corn-pastel??
1african house snake - Bob |
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Chimp276
Yearling
United Kingdom
587 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 11:45:22
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I find the best way to feed them is to hold the pinky infront of them with a pair of tweezers! That way they think its alive and strike ate it! That is awesome, especially when they miss they go crazy aha!
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0.1.0 Hypo Stripe - Aero
1.1.0 Leopard Geckos - Marley and Lemon
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Posted - 03/07/2009 : 11:49:30
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Yeah, tried that. As long as I can get her to feed I can get her striking when she's a bit older / more secure. The poor thing has had a rough week of being bought, dumped in a new viv etc etc.
might got for a strike feed next week |
0.1.0 Anery Corn(Noodle)
0.0.1 Spur Thighed Tortoise (Melvin)
1.0.0 Cat (Titus)
0.0.2 Fish (Caractacus and ThunderCleese)
Also in my care (temporarily):
1.0.0 Baird's Rat (Murphy)
0.1.0 Butter Corn (Molly) |
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punumbear
Hatchling
United Kingdom
483 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 12:00:13
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im not fussed if they strict n constrict or not.. just aslong as they get it down their necks then im happy
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love my animals more than i like people.
the gang
1 ridgeback
2 kids
1 anery-lil aney
1 m, 4 ft candy cane corn.. aka kellogg..
1 carolina corn-claret/carrot
Newest additon.. f whiteout corn-pastel??
1african house snake - Bob |
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 14:23:31
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Originally posted by durbinator
.......Why didnt someone tell me snakes were this awesome sooner?
Cheers
Joe
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-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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SexyBear77
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3796 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2009 : 15:34:58
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| glad to hear it went well! I've had one of my snakes for 6 years and I never get bored of watching him eat. |
9.11 Cornsnakes
1.1 Hogg island boas
1.0 Dwarf Burmese python
Location: Watford
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2010 : 07:29:33
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| i love my corn to bits and i agree why didnt any one tell my they were this AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
1.0.0 Snow Corn- Diablo
1.0.0 Ball Python
1.0.0 Tri-coloured honduran - Feta (R.I.P. my love!!!You will never be forgoten!)
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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 08:22:35
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Each time I go up in size I'm nervous that it is going to be too large for Snickers. I'm amazed to see how large her mouth gets. She seems to try to open only to the smaller sized prey and then when she realizes that it's larger she adapts. I've been amazed at her problem sovling skills.quote:
Originally posted by durbinator
So I tried feeding my snake for the first time last night.
I stuck her in the RUB she came in with a pinkie
At first she was dead scared of the tiny pinky and showed no interest in eating. I sat with her for half an hour watching her but nothing!
I got really disheartened so put a sheet of kitchen roll in her viv (to stop her eating the aspen) and left the pinkie in the middle of the sheet.
I came back an hour later and she had litterally just got her chops round the pinkies head, so I managed to watch her devour it, so cool!
It seemed that even the smallest of the pinkies was a bit big for her but not by much, so I guess its alright, just cant beleieve something so small can eat something so comparatively big.
Anyway, going to leave her be until sunday before I start handling her regulalry and try to get her used to me.
She went for me yesterday but the silly little thing just headbutted me, hehe.
Why didnt someone tell me snakes were this awesome sooner?
Cheers
Joe
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2010 : 18:56:05
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| mine the same also first feed he was dead scared haha! |
1.0.0 Snow Corn- Diablo
1.0.0 Ball Python
1.0.0 Tri-coloured honduran - Feta (R.I.P. my love!!!You will never be forgoten!)
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SexyBear77
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/02/2010 : 19:13:39
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| Fernando, please stop bringing posts that are so old, it really messes up the forum and makes it hard to keep track of threads. |
9.11 Cornsnakes
1.1 Hogg island boas
1.0 Dwarf Burmese python
Location: Watford
Website- http://rassnakes.yolasite.com/ |
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