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Just bought a corn snake, and the store I got it from told me to feed it live pinkys. With where I live there are not many pet stores where i could get live ones and want to feed the prekilled ones that you get frozen. Being that I just got him today I was going to wait a day or two before trying to feed him. Was also told he was about a year old. Anyway, Will it be difficult to transition him from live to prekilled, and how should I go about it? Also read somewhere on this forum that washing the pinkies in ivory soap might help? any thoughts on it?

Thanks for any info!

>>Just bought a corn snake, and the store I got it from told me to feed it live pinkys. With where I live there are not many pet stores where i could get live ones and want to feed the prekilled ones that you get frozen. Being that I just got him today I was going to wait a day or two before trying to feed him. Was also told he was about a year old. Anyway, Will it be difficult to transition him from live to prekilled, and how should I go about it? Also read somewhere on this forum that washing the pinkies in ivory soap might help? any thoughts on it?
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>>Thanks for any info!

wait about a week to try to feed it.
It will give it time to get acclimated and to build up a little of an appetite.
When you feed it put it and the prey item in a small container such as a tupperware dish or gladware dish.
This will make it impossible for the snake to miss or avoid the mouse.
It usually isn't hard to get a regularily feeding corn snake to switch to frozen/thawed
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with the pinkies, such as washing them. That would be for finicky eaters (or non-eaters). Your snake only eats pinkies at a year old? That seems like an awfully small size for a year old snake.
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I was told he was about a year old, but after looking at some pictures i'm thinking he's younger than that. The place I got him/her from was going out of busness and the guy that normaly took care of them had quit. Think they were just making stuff up so they wouldn't look too stupid. Right now the hardest part is staying away and letting him settle in. He is just soooo pretty!!! Can't wait to get some pictures!