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Could you guys please post your corn cannabalism pics again. I have some hard heads that wont listen and that don't believe that this does happen and want to see proof!!

Aweh man, I misread that as 'corn eating pics'. Got all excited to post my pictures.

well,
heres a weird one for you.I had some non feeders all in one cage and I had tossed in a couple pinks one day.Well,when I returned later I found that one snake had eaten another snake that had already eaten a snake.Yes,three way eat fest.

Shannon

hey shannon you know im gonna steal that pic ha ha that one is really messed up
adam
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hybrid breeders association
1.0 snow corns
1.0 albino corns
1.1 sinacorns
2.0 striped ghost corns
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.3 ghost corns
0.1 bone white crosses
0.1 bloodred
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 childrens python
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 anery motley
0.1 albino banded cal king
0.1 normal corn het hypo,anery
1.0 jurassic milk
1.0 blizzard leo gecko
0.2 normal leo geckos
1.0 3 lined mud turtle

Adam,
You can use it anytime bro.
L8r

Do you mind if I use that pic on my web site as a reason to not house corns together? I can make the reference to you. Let me know. - You can email me, if you'd like.
Thanks
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www.sneakyserpents.com

Elk Grove
California

No,I don't mind at all.
Have fun,
Shannon

Well, that's why you shouldn't house non-feeders together, and why you certainly shouldn't feed them together.

I have seen some cases of cannibalism over the years, but it almost always occurs during either 1) Feeding errors (one snake smells like "mouse" to the other snake while they are together), or 2) cohabitation of problem feeders.

It is my postulation that problem feeders are not really "non-feeders" at all, but rather we just haven't exposed them to what they are programmed to eat. In the wild, several clutches of babies all wanting the same thing might quickly deplete the food source for them all in a given area. However, if some of them are hard-wired for mice, some for anoles, some for earthworms, and some for Peruvian bat pinks (lol), then they can find food without depriving their siblings from eating as well.

However, if those other alternatives are not available, then, as a last resort at survival, these picky eaters turn on what is available to them...each other.
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Darin Chappell
Hillbilly Herps
PO Box 254
Rogersville, MO 65742

in my opinion maybe those babies that are not meant to survive from the get go(f.t.t., kinks,mutations,deformed) are actually MEANT to be food for its siblings so that the stronger babie's survive.
adam
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hybrid breeders association
1.0 snow corns
1.0 albino corns
1.1 sinacorns
2.0 striped ghost corns
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.3 ghost corns
0.1 bone white crosses
0.1 bloodred
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 childrens python
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 anery motley
0.1 albino banded cal king
0.1 normal corn het hypo,anery
1.0 jurassic milk
1.0 blizzard leo gecko
0.2 normal leo geckos
1.0 3 lined mud turtle