First, I am so sorry to hear about your corn. My condolences.

I believe it was the regurge that may have killed him. Some snakes can recoup from it, but some others can't. I have seen both examples.

I will be honest as to say that perhaps feeding him twice a week, if that was the norm, may not have been good for your corn. It is not to say that it was a horrible thing to do so or to say that all your snakes will end up the same, but feeding more than once a week can, for some snakes, end up not being the best for the snake and can lead to regurge.

I feed my collection primarily one meal a week. Sometimes I also measure the situation by the weight of the snake. This is mostly in older snakes. In other words, if I have a snake that appears to be somewhat on the skinny side, I may once or twice feed him once every 5 days instead of 7 until I see a little more weight. And of course, vice versa. If I see some of my kings start bulking up, as some can do really quickly, I just skip the feeding. My adult candy cane corn retains weight big time! I feed her once every 14 days, and her weight stays fine.

Baby corns though I would recommend one feeding a week of an appropriately sized pinkie. If the swelling in the body can hardly be seen, I would recommend bigger pinks, but not making them gargantuan, but enough for a decent meal.

Take care!
Billy
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