Okay, one of the corns that I rescued back in late April has only been sporadically eating lately. He didn't eat for three weeks when offered his usual f/t mice. I haven't changed a thing, aside from cleaning out poop, cleaning the water bowl, refilling it, etc... since about May, so he hasn't had any major habitat stressors. I thought it was possible that the temperatures may have gotten too hot in his tank (I do live in the Florida Panhandle). I have a probe to check his "hot" side and "cool" side. The hot side stays around 80-82 during the day and the cool side sits at 75-77.

After the three week fast, he ate for me again, two weeks in a row, but then refused again this last feeding. The other cornsnake's cage sits right next to his, has the same temperatures, same type of hides, etc, and he eats like a garbage disposal. Is it possible that my "brown" corn is just a pickier eater than my "orange" corn? They're both a healthy size, they've shed a few times since I rescued them and don't have any visible scars from the live mice that the previous owner had left in the tank with them.

I hadn't posted about this earlier because I wasn't terribly concerned, he is old enough that I'm sure he could manage a month without eating and be fine. He drinks regularly and everything else appears to be normal (no mites or discolorations and his poo is perfectly normal).

My sporadic eater:



My garbage disposal:



The pictures are kind of old, sorry. They're not currently on that substrate, I switched to paper towels after having a gnat problem this summer. The hides are still the same though.
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Holly



0.1 Lavender California Kingsnake (Lizzie Borden) (missing )
1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
0.0.2 Cornsnakes (Lyle & Erik Menendez)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Egyptian Arabian (Bagan) (Deceased )
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

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• One of my boys sporadic eating... - Hollychan, Tue Aug 26 14:13:29 2008
• RE: One of my boys sporadic eating... - HerpZillA, Tue Aug 26 15:13:46 2008
• RE: One of my boys sporadic eating... - DMong, Tue Aug 26 15:38:40 2008
• forgot to also mention..... - DMong, Tue Aug 26 15:42:59 2008
• RE: forgot to also mention..... - Hollychan, Tue Aug 26 20:31:14 2008
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• RE: forgot to also mention..... - Hollychan, Wed Aug 27 09:46:57 2008
• RE: forgot to also mention..... - DMong, Wed Aug 27 11:16:23 2008
• RE: One of my boys sporadic eating... - STEVES_KIKI, Tue Aug 26 19:06:44 2008
• RE: One of my boys sporadic eating... - markg, Wed Aug 27 19:22:36 2008
• RE: One of my boys sporadic eating... - Hollychan, Wed Aug 27 19:58:17 2008