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 Posted - 12/11/2009 : 21:53:23
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one of my adults wont eat mice anymore he will only eat chicks but heard that its no good for him. Can i put him on to rats as he seems to want a bigger prey object. |
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 03:31:14
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I am not particularly experienced where feeding snakes is concerned but from what I have learnt chicks hold very little nutrition for a snake - they are purely bones and feathers. Rats are thought to be too fatty for a snake and therefore bad for their health if fed over a period of time. You could try feeding it extra large/jumbo mice scented with chick. My corn is nearly 4 and a half years old, just over 720g, and is eating one jumbo mouse every 10 days. How old and heavy is your corn? How often are you feeding it? Has it ever been on mice?
Hopefully a more experienced owner can give you better advice soon.
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eeji
The Morph Master
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 18:26:55
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this can be a bit gruesome, but here goes anyway....
slice open the chick, gut it and fill it with a mouse. If he takes it, then the week after do the same but remove the legs and wings from the chick. If this works, next feed take off legs, wings, head - keep going like that, taking more and more chick away each time until you're back to mouse :) |
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lucifer
The Corn Snake Moderator
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 19:44:37
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Originally posted by eeji
this can be a bit gruesome, but here goes anyway....
slice open the chick, gut it and fill it with a mouse. If he takes it, then the week after do the same but remove the legs and wings from the chick. If this works, next feed take off legs, wings, head - keep going like that, taking more and more chick away each time until you're back to mouse :)
Agreed with the above, but try scenting first like kellog suggested |
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Posted - 17/11/2009 : 05:12:32
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| Try a method called dressing up the mice, cut some of the skin including feathers of the chick and put it on the mice head like a hat, this normally works like treat with snakes that will only take chicks :D |
My collection:
1.0 Amel corn
0.1 Anery corn
1.0 Creamsicle corn
0.1 Albino cali king
1.0 Mexican bairds rat
hatchlings (september 09)
1.0 Snow
0.1 Anery
0.1 Amel |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
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Posted - 17/11/2009 : 10:09:09
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Posted - 17/11/2009 : 17:29:05
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Good posts, scented I'd go for first. I don't really fancy making a mouse a chicken skin coat.
lol looks pretty funky though lmao |
My collection:
1.0 Amel corn
0.1 Anery corn
1.0 Creamsicle corn
0.1 Albino cali king
1.0 Mexican bairds rat
hatchlings (september 09)
1.0 Snow
0.1 Anery
0.1 Amel |
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my adult corn will only eat chicks
