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Hey guys, I work for a local pet store. Been into reptiles for almost 20 years, mostly pythons and boas. Anyway a customer brought in a baby corn that hasn't eaten for him. His set-up sounds like everything is fine, I tried the pinkie in the little bag trick (not sure if it worked after he left) my question is. Does anyone have any ideas if this didn't work?
thanks.

>>Hey guys, I work for a local pet store. Been into reptiles for almost 20 years, mostly pythons and boas. Anyway a customer brought in a baby corn that hasn't eaten for him. His set-up sounds like everything is fine, I tried the pinkie in the little bag trick (not sure if it worked after he left) my question is. Does anyone have any ideas if this didn't work?
>>thanks.

yes, there are quite a few ideas and methods floating around.
Starting with a live pinkie in a bag or deli cup overnight.

then try "braining" a live pink in bag or deli cup over night.
Braining...not fun but can be effective (I use a razor blade to cut a slit in the head deep enough to cause slight leakage of brain matter)

Taking a skink or anole and scenting the pinkie with this.

Scenting the pinkie with tuna fish water.

These have all been known to work and there are more.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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i dont know how you can brain a live pinky when braining a f/t is bad enough!!! but then again i use a plastic knife...

~kin
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude) [just a pet...she started it all]
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
2. Miami Phase part zigzag (Starkey, no name)[Emilys F2]
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy) [Emilys F1 babies]
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss HET Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Hypo HET Stripe (Gracie Lou)
1.1 Anery HET Motley (Lleroy, Persia)
.1 Candy Cane (Peaches HoneyBlossom) [Just a pet]
1. Abbotts Okeetee (Albert) [Charlottes son]
1.1 Snow (NO NAME, Isis)

Others:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)
1. High-white Spotted Cal King (Wishbone)
.1 Albino Stripe Cal King (Eve)
.1 Bananna spotted/stripe cal king (no name) Thanks Jeff!!!
1. MSP Thayeri (Giuseppe)
1.1 Cremesicle HET Motley(Orangejello, Genevieve)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
.1 Blizzard (Blitz)
.1? unknown High yellow and brown spots...hypo? (no name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name, ideas welcome)

~~~~~~~~~~~~OTHER~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.0.1 American toad

>>i dont know how you can brain a live pinky when braining a f/t is bad enough!!! but then again i use a plastic knife...
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>>~kin
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It truly sucks.
This may be a bad way to look at it but I just have to think about which is more important to me, the snake or the pinkie.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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Thanks guys, I'd thought of the braining idea, Iwas just going to try everything else first. LOL