Ya know, it's funny,...I have seen crickets in cages before that had very small cornsnake hatchlings in them at pet stores, but I really don't know if they will actually eat them, or if the people just don't know any better, and just "think" they will..LOL!



I do know however that many new hatchlings tend to eat totally different prey when they are very young, as opposed to their adult counterparts, lizards, frogs, etc...,but to be quite honest, I just don't know if they actually will accept crickets. I do think it could be a possibility, as weird as it may sound, but I have never actually heard of them being eaten by any of my snake friends, nor have I ever witnessed it myself either in my 42 years of snake keeping,....but bizarre things do happen when it comes to animals and nature, this is certain, I mean who would ever think that certain non-feeders would accept pinkies dunked in tuna water, or washed with un-scented Ivory soap, etc...LOL!



I would try to focus on getting them eating what the preferred future prey will be though, which is rodents. Now if all other attempts fail, washing, live, dead, brained, lizard scent, etc...and you exhaust all other avenues, by all means, give the crickets a try, after all, the most important thing is to initially keep them alive, by whatever means this may take, you can always get them switched over later on if need be.



Sounds like you have a cool assortment too!





Good luck with them.





~Doug




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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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